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CVE-2009-4875

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-05-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

FCKeditor.Java 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed request parameter that contains "ctrl" characters.

Affected products

• Frederico Caldeira Knabben Fckeditor.Java: 2.4

References

• http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3902
• http://java.fckeditor.net/changes-report.html#a2.4.2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35870
• 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
• http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3902
• http://java.fckeditor.net/changes-report.html#a2.4.2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35870
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=697258
• http://www.osvdb.org/56060

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