VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-4875
FCKeditor.Java 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed request parameter that contains "ctrl" characters.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.56%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
FCKeditor.Java 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed request parameter that contains "ctrl" characters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.56% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- frederico caldeira knabben/fckeditor.java
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3902
- http://java.fckeditor.net/changes-report.html#a2.4.2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35870Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=697258
- http://www.osvdb.org/56060
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35709
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51738
- http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3902
- http://java.fckeditor.net/changes-report.html#a2.4.2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35870Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=697258
- http://www.osvdb.org/56060
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35709
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51738
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.