CVE-2012-4230

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4230
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-25 14:15:30 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tinymce Tinymce 3.5.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/91130 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Full Disclosure: XSS Vulnerability in TinyMCE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
TinyMCE BBCode Plugin CVE-2012-4230 HTML Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mad Irish :: XSS Vulnerability in TinyMCE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.madirish.net Exploit
TinyMCE 3.5.8 Cross Site Scripting ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
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