CVE-2012-6112

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: 2013-01-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6112 is rated Moderate Risk (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.29%). EPSS rose +1.69% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6112

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.60% 2.29% +1.69%
2 2025-03-30 1.18% 0.60% -0.58%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.18% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6112

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6112

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-6112

GHSA-fx5h-3786-h2w6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — PHP Spellchecker addon for TinyMCE allows attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound HTTP requests

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6112

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-6112 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6112
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6112 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (tinymce, tinymce2), 64 status rows across 32 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lucid, lunar, mantic, noble, oneiric, oracular, plucky, precise, quantal, questing, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 36, ignored 23, needs-triage 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6112

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6112

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce spellchecker_php 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:spellchecker_php:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6112

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