CVE-2012-6112 describes a vulnerability in the PHP Spellchecker (Google Spellchecker) addon for TinyMCE, affecting Moodle versions 2.1.x through 2.4.x. The flaw in classes/GoogleSpell.php allows remote attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound HTTP requests by sending a crafted string containing control characters. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure (partial impact) by enabling attackers to make requests from the vulnerable server. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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