Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-6178

RCE

Title: Fckeditor RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-6178

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Feb 19, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

7.81%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

phplist 1

frederico_caldeira_knabben 1

paul_beaney 1

fckeditor 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/33973 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31812 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0447 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48769 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8060 http://secunia.com/advisories/33973 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31812 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0447 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48769 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8060

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-6178 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8060

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6783

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 19, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.