CVE-2006-2529

editor/filemanager/upload/php/upload.php in FCKeditor before 2.3 Beta, when the upload feature is enabled, does not verify the Type parameter, which allows remote attackers to upload arbitrary file types. NOTE: It is not clear whether this is related to CVE-2006-0658.

Published: 2006-05-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2529 is rated Moderate Risk (50.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.38%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.65% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2529

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.73% 2.38% +1.65%
2 2025-10-02 0.53% 0.73% +0.20%
3 2025-05-07 0.53%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2529

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2529

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2529

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fckeditor fckeditor 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2529

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