What is CVE-2008-6178?

CVE-2008-6178 is a vulnerability in Fckeditor, classified under Code Injection. Published 2009-02-19.

Is CVE-2008-6178 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Fckeditor

CVE-2008-6178

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in editor/filemanager/browser/default/connectors/php/connector.php in FCKeditor 2.2, as used in Falt4 CMS, Nuke ET, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating a file with PHP sequences preceded by a ZIP header, uploading this file via a FileUpload action with the application/zip content type, and then accessing this file via a direct request to the file in UserFiles/File/, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-4094. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.078 (94.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Fckeditor — versions 2.0rc2, 2.0rc3, 2.2
Phplist — versions 2.10.1, 2.10.2, 2.10.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-6178?: CVE-2008-6178 is a vulnerability in Fckeditor, classified under Code Injection. Published 2009-02-19.
Is CVE-2008-6178 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.