CVE-2012-4000

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

ckeditor Fckeditor: through 2.6.7; 0.8-beta, 0.8.5-beta, 0.9.0-beta, 0.9.1-beta, 0.9.2-beta, 0.9.3-beta (+46)

References

http://disse.cting.org/blog/2012/06/22/fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerability/
http://secunia.com/advisories/49606
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2522
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54188
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76604
http://disse.cting.org/blog/2012/06/22/fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerability/
http://secunia.com/advisories/49606
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2522
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54188
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76604

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