CVE-2012-4230
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-04-25 10:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3c87f1d4568dfd160ff992ef992505d2e98917db81707a88721416662d2814cc
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtinymce-htmlentities-xss(82744)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82744
- www.madirish.nethttp://www.madirish.net/554
- seclists.org20130311 XSS Vulnerability in TinyMCEhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114
- osvdb.org91130http://osvdb.org/91130
- www.securityfocus.com58424http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58424
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- tinymce No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- tinymce No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- tinymce No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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