{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4230","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:44:57Z","published":"2014-04-25T14:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-4230"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4230"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/82744"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.madirish.net/554"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://osvdb.org/91130"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4230"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tinymce","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinymce@3.4.8+dfsg0-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.4.8+dfsg0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"tinymce","binary_version":"3.4.8+dfsg0-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4230.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tinymce","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinymce@3.4.8+dfsg0-2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.4.8+dfsg0-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"tinymce","binary_version":"3.4.8+dfsg0-2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4230.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tinymce","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinymce@3.4.8+dfsg0-2?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.4.8+dfsg0-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"tinymce","binary_version":"3.4.8+dfsg0-2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4230.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}