CVE-2009-4875
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
FCKeditor.Java 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed request parameter that contains "ctrl" characters.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4838)
- Published
- May 26, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4838 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- frederico caldeira knabben / fckeditor.java
References
- http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3902
- http://java.fckeditor.net/changes-report.html#a2.4.2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35870(Vendor 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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