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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6112
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6112
Aliases CVE-2012-6112
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
ubuntu-priority medium https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6112.json
Reference id Reference type URL
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6112
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6112
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/17
http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell
http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036

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Patch URL
There are no known patches.

There are no known vectors.

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