CVE-2009-2324

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via components in the samples (aka _samples) directory.

Published: 2009-07-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2324 is rated Moderate Risk (44.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.43% 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-2009-2324

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 0.25% 1.68% +1.43%
2 2025-03-30 0.22% 0.25% +0.03%
3 2025-03-29 0.22%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2324

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2324

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-2324

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2009-2324 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (fckeditor, moin), 20 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 13, ignored 3, released 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2324

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2324

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fckeditor fckeditor <= 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.0_fc cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.0_fc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.0rc2 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.0rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.0rc3 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.0rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.6.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
fckeditor fckeditor 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:2.6.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2324

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