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CVE-2012-4230

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductTinymce
PublishedApr 25, 2014
First seenApr 25, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tinymce tinymce3.5.8—

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