CVE-2012-4230
N/A
Published: April 25, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTinymce
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82744Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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