Unscored severity · published Jan 27, 2013
CVE-2012-6112
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…
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CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
2.1.0; 2.1.1; 2.1.2; 2.1.3; 2.1.4; 2.1.5; +16 more · source: NVD
SP
Spellchecker Php · Tinymce
2.0; 2.0; 2.0; 2.0; 2.0; 2.0; +5 more · source: NVD
Affected product
MO
Moodle
Moodle
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