Vulnerability in Tinymce
CVE-2012-4230
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Tinymce — versions 3.5.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82744 (vdb-entry)
- www.madirish.net/554 (Exploit)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- osvdb.org/91130 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/58424 (vdb-entry)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (Exploit)