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title: "CVE-2014-4037\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4037?format=md
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# CVE-2014-4037

Publication date 11 June 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fckeditor | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4037)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4037)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4037)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4037)

### Other references

* <http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126902/FCKeditor-2.6.10-Cross-Site-Scripting.html>
* <http://ckeditor.com/blog/FCKeditor-2.6.11-Released>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4037>
