CVE-2012-4230

Published Apr 25, 2014

Last updated 4 months ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:tinymce:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9272D45A-1FF4-45CE-B465-E85373CA801E"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References