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CVE-2012-6112

Published: Jan 27, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6112
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0-a1 (including)2.0-a1 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0-a2 (including)2.0-a2 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0-b1 (including)2.0-b1 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0-b2 (including)2.0-b2 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0-b3 (including)2.0-b3 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0-rc1 (including)2.0-rc1 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
Spellchecker_phpTinymce2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
TinymceUbuntuartful*
TinymceUbuntubionic*
TinymceUbuntucosmic*
TinymceUbuntudisco*
TinymceUbuntueoan*
TinymceUbuntufocal*
TinymceUbuntugroovy*
TinymceUbuntuhardy*
TinymceUbuntulucid*
TinymceUbuntuoneiric*
TinymceUbuntuprecise*
TinymceUbuntuquantal*
TinymceUbunturaring*
TinymceUbuntusaucy*
TinymceUbuntutrusty*
TinymceUbuntuutopic*
TinymceUbuntuvivid*
TinymceUbuntuwily*
TinymceUbuntuxenial*
TinymceUbuntuyakkety*
TinymceUbuntuzesty*
Tinymce2Ubuntulucid*
Tinymce2Ubuntuoneiric*
Tinymce2Ubuntuprecise*
Tinymce2Ubuntuquantal*
Tinymce2Ubunturaring*
Tinymce2Ubuntusaucy*

References

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