CVE-2012-6112

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductTinymce Spellchecker Php
PublishedJan 27, 2013
First seenJan 27, 2013

How to fix

Update
  • moodle/moodle2.1.10, 2.2.7, 2.3.4, 2.4.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tinymce spellchecker_php2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.6—
moodle moodle2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.7, 2.1.8, 2.1.9, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.4.0—
moodle/moodlePackagist2.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.10, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.7, 2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.4, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.12.1.10, 2.2.7, 2.3.4, 2.4.1

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CVE-2012-6112 · Tinymce Spellchecker Php · Dark Radar