CVE-2009-2265

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 v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

83.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2009-07-05

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (19)

• 0xDTC/Adobe-ColdFusion-8-RCE-CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-01-07
• 0xwh1pl4sh/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• 0zvxr/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2022-06-30
• 4n0nym0u5dk/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• H3xL00m/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• N3rdyN3xus/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• NyxByt3/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• Sp3c73rSh4d0w/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• c0d3cr4f73r/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• crypticdante/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• h3x0v3rl0rd/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• h3xcr4ck3r/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• k4u5h41/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• n3ov4n1sh/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• n3rdh4x0r/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2025-06-05
• nika0x38/CVE-2009-22650★ · 2025-09-27
• p1ckzi/CVE-2009-22651★ · 2022-06-30
• zaphoxx/zaphoxx-coldfusion2★ · 2020-10-02
• matesz44/CVE-2009-2265

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/coldfusion_fckedito…

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16788
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50057

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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