| Name | CVE-2012-4230 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 796117 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tinymce (PTS) | jessie, stretch | 3.4.8+dfsg0-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.4.8+dfsg0-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tinymce | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | 796117 |
Notes
[buster] - tinymce <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - tinymce <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - tinymce <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - tinymce <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - tinymce <no-dsa> (Minor issue)