ubuntu-cve-2012-4230
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-04-25 14:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:44
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "tinymce",
"binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg0-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "tinymce",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinymce@3.4.8+dfsg0-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"3.4.8+dfsg0-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "tinymce",
"binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg0-2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "tinymce",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinymce@3.4.8+dfsg0-2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"3.4.8+dfsg0-2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "tinymce",
"binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg0-2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "tinymce",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinymce@3.4.8+dfsg0-2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"3.4.8+dfsg0-2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4230",
"modified": "2025-10-24T04:44:57Z",
"published": "2014-04-25T14:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4230"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/82744"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.madirish.net/554"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://osvdb.org/91130"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4230"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2012-4230"
]
}
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