cve-2012-4230
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-04-25 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:28
Severity ?
Summary
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 scripting (XSS) attacks via application-specific vectors, as demonstrated using a textarea element.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/91130
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.madirish.net/554Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58424
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82744
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/91130
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.madirish.net/554Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58424
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82744
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