CVE-2014-4037 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerpages/server-scripts/spellchecker.php in FCKeditor before 2.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an array key in the textinputs[] parameter, a different issue than CVE-2012-4000

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerpages/server-scripts/spellchecker.php in FCKeditor before 2.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an array key in the textinputs[] parameter, a different issue than CVE-2012-4000

Published Jun 11, 2014

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.51%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerpages/server-scripts/spellchecker.php in FCKeditor before 2.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an array key in the textinputs[] parameter, a different issue than CVE-2012-4000.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.51% 0.02510

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02510

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.51% (0.02510)	84.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.87% (0.02872)	84.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.37% (0.00374)	56.96th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00223)	61.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.22% (0.00223)	60.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00223)	58.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (3)

http://ckeditor.com/blog/FCKeditor-2.6.11-Released
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126902/FCKeditor-2.6.10-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030413
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://ckeditor.com/blog/FCKeditor-2.6.11-Released		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126902/FCKeditor-2.6.10-Cross-Site-Scripting.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030413		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 11, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 11, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4037

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4037

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4037