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CVE-2012-6112

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
2.3% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2022-3849)
Published
January 27, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3849 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • moodle / moodle
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php
  • tinymce / spellchecker php

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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