ghsa-fx5h-3786-h2w6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:12
Modified
2024-01-25 20:27
Summary
PHP Spellchecker addon for TinyMCE allows attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound HTTP requests
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "moodle/moodle"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.1.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "moodle/moodle"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.2.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "moodle/moodle"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "moodle/moodle"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.4.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-6112"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-01-25T20:27:58Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-01-27T22:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-fx5h-3786-h2w6",
  "modified": "2024-01-25T20:27:58Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:12:57Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6112"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6fac8f7f04c9fe7f8bbb54a9c00ec5f9ea4f09e0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/9803d8fc3ce08c8f8b88ad3a95d9a7c97678a3e3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a3243760c243ddad76e91840134009c3681cb16a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/f938b1a89b8f381129120a37915d1b345333b3fb"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce_spellchecker_php/commit/22910187bfb9edae90c26e10100d8145b505b974"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220157"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20121015010345/http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20121129021911/http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git\u0026a=search\u0026h=HEAD\u0026st=commit\u0026s=MDL-37283"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "PHP Spellchecker addon for TinyMCE allows attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound HTTP requests"
}


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