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CVE-2012-4000

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_textinputs_var function in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_textinputs_var function in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerpages/server-scripts/spellchecker.php in FCKeditor 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via textinputs array parameters.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.02144
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
ckeditor fckeditor<= 2.6.7
ckeditor fckeditorall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
webappsFCKEditor Core - 'Editor 'spellchecker.php' Cross-Site Scriptingverified
pocdisse.cting.org · fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerabilitydisse.cting.org
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 54188www.securityfocus.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD12 Jul 2012 · 09:55 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/49606Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2522
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76604
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