CVE-2009-2265

HIGHCVSS v2 · 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 7.5 — v2 rates that HIGH (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 83.7% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS v2.0 (legacy fallback)
Sources: EPSS, NVD CVSS v2.0
Weaponized
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 84%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB, marked verified by Exploit-DB, other public proof-of-concept code)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 84%CVSS v2: 7.5Exploit: Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified) · other public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote attackers to create executable files in arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the input to unspecified connector modules, as exploited in the wild for remote code execution in July 2009, related to the file browser and the editor/filemanager/connectors/ directory.

CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
7.5HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
EG Score
7.5HIGHlow confidence
EG Risk
72
EG Risk 72/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity75% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.5 of 10.
Exploitation84% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability30% × 15%
EchelonGraph's default before algorithm v3.4: CISA had not published Automatable for this CVE.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: weaponized) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
84%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: weaponized) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

Published

July 5, 2009

Last Modified

April 23, 2026

References (14)

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:5.0(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
fckeditor1:2.6.2-1
  • every version up to 1:2.6.2-1lenny1: fixed in 1:2.6.2-1lenny1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 2× in last 7d / 6× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 14 repeat rows among the latest 59 are merged into the row they repeat.

  1. 2026-10-10 19:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 84% · 99th percentile
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  3. 2026-09-29 07:59 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-26 15:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 84% · 99th percentile
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  14. 2026-07-26 13:38 UTCEG score recomputeAssessed again: 7.5 HIGH
  15. 2026-07-23 00:59 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-23 00:37 UTCEG score recompute▼ 8.80
  17. 2026-07-23 00:04 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 8.8 HIGH
  18. 2026-07-22 21:43 UTCEG score recompute▼ 9.00
  19. 2026-07-22 14:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 84% · 99th percentile
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  1. 2026-06-27 03:05 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 84% · 99th percentile
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  13. 2026-05-31 00:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 92% · 99th percentile
  14. 2026-05-30 16:17 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-05-30 16:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4849-cfqq-r8pq · GitHub severity HIGH
  16. 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 92% · 99th percentile
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  20. 2026-05-18 21:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 93% · 99th percentile

Publicly available exploits

(4 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 2 Exploit-DB entries, 1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-16788✓ verified
    Published Nov 24, 2010

    ColdFusion 8.0.1 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/windows/http/coldfusion_fckeditor✓ verified
    Published Nov 2, 2010

    ColdFusion 8.0.1 Arbitrary File Upload and Execute

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-50057
    Published Jun 24, 2021

    Adobe ColdFusion 8 - Remote Command Execution (RCE)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCzaphoxx/zaphoxx-coldfusion
    Published Oct 2, 2020

    coldfusion exploit based on https://cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2009-2265/

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2009-2265?
CVE-2009-2265 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 5, 2009. Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote attackers to create executable files in arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the input to unspecified connector modules, as exploited in the wild for remote code execution in July 2009,…
When was CVE-2009-2265 made public?
CVE-2009-2265 was made public on July 3, 2009: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on July 5, 2009. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of April 23, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2009-2265 actively exploited?
CVE-2009-2265 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EchelonGraph's EG-KEV model places it in Tier 2 (Weaponized), which is not evidence of exploitation: a Metasploit module exists for it, and Exploit-DB marks a public exploit for it as verified. EchelonGraph does not test whether exploit code works. FIRST EPSS estimates a 84% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2009-2265?
A fix for CVE-2009-2265 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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