VDB
CVE-2012-4230
CVE-2012-4230
PUBLISHED
The bbcode plugin in TinyMCE 3.5.8 does not properly enforce the TinyMCE security policy for the (1) encoding directive and (2) valid_elements attribute, which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via application-specific vectors, as demonstrated using a textarea element.
EPSS 0.58% · 69.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.58%
69.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tinymce | 0, 3.4.8+dfsg0-1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | tinymce | 0, 3.4.8+dfsg0-2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | tinymce | 0, 3.4.8+dfsg0-2 |
Exploit Intelligence
- tinymce-htmlentities-xss(82744) (circl)
- 91130 (circl)
- 58424 (circl)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (vulncheck-nvd)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114 (vulncheck-nvd)
- http://www.madirish.net/554 (vulncheck-nvd)
Timeline
- Apr 25, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4230 third-party-advisory
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/82744 third-party-advisory
- http://www.madirish.net/554 third-party-advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114 third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html third-party-advisory
- http://osvdb.org/91130 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4230 third-party-advisory