medium5.0
CVE-2012-6112
PHP Spellchecker addon for TinyMCE allows attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound HTTP requests
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| composer | moodle/moodle | >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.10 | 2.1.10 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tinymce | Spellchecker Php | Versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.6 |
| Moodle | Moodle | Versions 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- 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
- https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce_spellchecker_php/commit/22910187bfb9edae90c26e10100d8145b505b974
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220157
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fx5h-3786-h2w6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6112
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6fac8f7f04c9fe7f8bbb54a9c00ec5f9ea4f09e0
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/9803d8fc3ce08c8f8b88ad3a95d9a7c97678a3e3
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a3243760c243ddad76e91840134009c3681cb16a
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/f938b1a89b8f381129120a37915d1b345333b3fb
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121015010345/http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121129021911/http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036