TinyMCE Spellchecker Php up to 2.0.2 access control

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A vulnerability has been found in TinyMCE Spellchecker Php up to 2.0.2 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 01/27/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at moodle.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-6112 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64446 (Fedora 17 : tinymce-spellchecker-2.0.5-8.fc17 (2013-1341)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81424) and Tenable (64446).

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 64446
Nessus Name: Fedora 17 : tinymce-spellchecker-2.0.5-8.fc17 (2013-1341)
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OpenVAS ID: 865282
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for tinymce-spellchecker FEDORA-2013-1341
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Spellchecker Php 2.0.3
Patch: github.com

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12/06/2012 🔍
01/15/2013 +40 days 🔍
01/27/2013 +12 days 🔍
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02/04/2013 +8 days 🔍
02/10/2013 +6 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +772 days 🔍
12/21/2021 +2464 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 22910187bfb9edae90c26e10100d8145b505b974
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CVE: CVE-2012-6112 (🔍)
X-Force: 81424
Vulnerability Center: 38351 - Moodle 2.x classes/GoogleSpell.php in the PHP Spellchecker Improper Control Characters Handling, Medium
SecurityFocus: 57475

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/21/2021 22:14
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (65), 04/24/2017 13:39 (2), 12/21/2021 22:02 (4), 12/21/2021 22:14 (1)
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