VDB
CVE-2012-6112
CVE-2012-6112
PUBLISHED
classes/GoogleSpell.php in the PHP Spellchecker (aka Google Spellchecker) addon before 2.0.6.1 for TinyMCE, as used in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 and other products, does not properly handle control characters, which allows remote attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound HTTP requests via a crafted string.
EPSS 0.60% · 69.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.60%
69.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | tinymce | 3.4.8+dfsg0-2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tinymce | 3.4.8+dfsg0-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | tinymce | 0, * |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce_spellchecker_php/commit/22910187bfb9edae90c26e10100d8145b505b974 (circl)
- http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036 (circl)
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-37283 (circl)
- http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell (circl)
- [oss-security] 20130121 Moodle security notifications public (circl)
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220157 (circl)
Timeline
- Jan 22, 2013 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6112 third-party-advisory
- http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell third-party-advisory
- http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/17 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6112 third-party-advisory