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
Published Jan 27, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.29%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.6
Configuration 2
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.9
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.29% (0.02288) | 82.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.29% (0.02288) | 80.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.60% (0.00600) | 67.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00643) | 79.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00643) | 78.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00643) | 76.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-37283 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fx5h-3786-h2w6 Advisory
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6fac8f7f04c9fe7f8bbb54a9c00ec5f9ea4f09e0
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/9803d8fc3ce08c8f8b88ad3a95d9a7c97678a3e3
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a3243760c243ddad76e91840134009c3681cb16a
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/f938b1a89b8f381129120a37915d1b345333b3fb
- https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce_spellchecker_php/commit/22910187bfb9edae90c26e10100d8145b505b974 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=220157 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6112
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121015010345/http://www.tinymce.com/develop/changelog/?type=phpspell
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121129021911/http://www.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30036
Change history (0)
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