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TI-2006-06720 Aliases CVE-2006-6978GHSA-p3m4-jx3q-wpfv

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "Basic Toolbar Selection" in FCKEditor…

Priority LOW 22CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "Basic Toolbar Selection" in FCKEditor allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via the javascript: URI in the (1) href or (2) onmouseover attribute of the A HTML tag.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01159 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableFckeditor
  • cpe:2.3:a:fckeditor:fckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Fckeditor

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6978
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p3m4-jx3q-wpfv

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2009-02160 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-05871 Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-00637 Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in connector.php in FCKeditor 2.0 and 2.2, as used in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2006-00896 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in connector.php in FCKeditor 2.0 FC, as… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2005-00563 Unknown vulnerability in FCKeditor 2.0 RC2, when used with PHP-Nuke, allows remote attackers to upload arbitrary files. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2006-02460 editor/filemanager/upload/php/upload.php in FCKeditor before 2.3 Beta, when the upload… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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