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CVE-2012-4230

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4230 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the bbcode plugin of TinyMCE version 3.5.8. This flaw arises from improper enforcement of TinyMCE's security policy regarding encoding and valid_elements, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts, for example, via a textarea element. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and potential impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:tinymce:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 91130
packetstormsecurity.com / files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/82744
madirish.net / 554
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/58424