CVE-2012-6112
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >=2.1.0,<2.1.10 | 2.1.10 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >=2.2.0,<2.2.7 | 2.2.7 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >=2.3.0,<2.3.4 | 2.3.4 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >=2.4.0,<2.4.1 | 2.4.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tinymce | spellchecker_php | 2.0 | |
| tinymce | spellchecker_php | 2.0.1 | |
| tinymce | spellchecker_php | 2.0.2 | |
| tinymce | spellchecker_php | 2.0.3 | |
| tinymce | spellchecker_php | 2.0.6 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.0 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.1 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.2 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.3 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.4 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.5 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.6 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.7 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.8 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.1.9 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.2.0 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.2.1 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.2.2 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.2.3 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.2.4 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.2.5 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.2.6 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.3.0 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.3.1 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.3.2 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.3.3 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.4.0 | |
References
- 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://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://github.com/moodle/moodle
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6112
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.