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CVE-2008-6178

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6178 describes an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in FCKeditor 2.2, specifically within its connector.php script, affecting products like Falt4 CMS and Nuke ET. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading specially crafted files containing PHP sequences disguised with a ZIP header. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its exploitability, though it lacks significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0rc2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.0rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0rc3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.0rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3betaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.3beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8060 · Feb 16, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0781 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/33973
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/48769
exploit-db.com / exploits/8060
securityfocus.com / bid/31812
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0447