Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-4230

Title: Tinymce Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-4230.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Apr 25, 2014
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-4230: The bbcode plugin in TinyMCE 3.5.8 does not properly enforce the TinyMCE security policy for the (1) encoding directive and (2) valid_elements attribute, which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via application-specific vectors, as demonstrated using a textarea element.

Impacted Vendors

T
tinymce 1
T
tiny 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/91130 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114 http://www.madirish.net/554 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58424 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82744 http://osvdb.org/91130 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114 http://www.madirish.net/554 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58424 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82744
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-4230 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.