CVE-2012-6112

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.60%
Vendor Advisory tinymce.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce_spellchecker_php/commit/22910187bfb9edae90c26e10100d8145b505b974
http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036 vendor advisory
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-37283
http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/1 mailing list
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220157

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6112?
CVE-2012-6112 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-6112?
To fix CVE-2012-6112, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-6112 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-6112 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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