CVE catalog
CVE-2012-4230
UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4230
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.39% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | tinymce | 16.04 | 3.4.8+dfsg0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tinymce | 18.04 | 3.4.8+dfsg0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tinymce | 20.04 | 3.4.8+dfsg0-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed: