CVE-2009-2265

highpriority · attend · 69EPSS 0.839 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

10 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

83.9% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

29 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote attackers to create executable files in arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the input to unspecified connector modules, as exploited in the wild for remote code execution in July 2009, related to the file browser and the editor/filemanager/connectors/ directory.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.3–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22US

exploits (10)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/http/coldfusion_fckeditorColdFusion 8.0.1 Arbitrary File Upload and Executeweaponized · metasploit
EDB-16788ColdFusion 8.0.1 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-50057Adobe ColdFusion 8 - Remote Command Execution (RCE)PoC · exploit_db
0xDTC/Adobe-ColdFusion-8-RCE-CVE-2009-2265Adobe ColdFusion 8 - Remote Command Execution (RCE)PoC · poc_in_github
h3x0v3rl0rd/CVE-2009-2265h3x0v3rl0rd/CVE-2009-2265PoC · poc_in_github
hd-exe/CVE-2009-2265-fixfix for not working exploit script on exploitdb (50057.py)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (29)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 10fstec_bduRU
The CKEditor Team CKEditor≤ 2.6.4fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 5fstec_bduRU
fckeditor fckeditor≤ 2.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.0_fcnvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.0_rc2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.0rc2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.0rc3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor= 2.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-07-05modified 2026-06-16

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references (28)

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