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CVE-2012-6112 Detail

Description

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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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-37283
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/1
http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell
http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036 Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce_spellchecker_php/commit/22910187bfb9edae90c26e10100d8145b505b974
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220157

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6112
NVD Published Date:
01/27/2013
NVD Last Modified:
12/01/2020
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.