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CVE-2012-6112

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.

Published

2013-01-27T22:55:04.320

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0.1 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0.2 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0.3 Yes
Application tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0.6 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.0 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.1 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.2 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.3 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.4 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.5 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.6 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.7 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.8 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.1.9 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.2.0 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.2.1 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.2.2 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.2.3 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.2.4 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.2.5 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.2.6 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.3.0 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.3.1 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.3.2 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.3.3 Yes
Application moodle moodle 2.4.0 Yes
References