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CVE-2012-4000

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4000 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_textinputs_var function of FCKeditor 2.6.7 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via textinputs array parameters. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure or session hijacking. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has received some community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:fckeditor:0.8:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:fckeditor:0.8.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:fckeditor:0.9.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:fckeditor:0.9.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37457 · Jun 25, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0425 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

disse.cting.org / blog/2012/06/22/fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerability
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/49606
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/76604
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2522
securityfocus.com / bid/54188
Exploit