Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package fckeditor (opens in a new tab)
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- published12 Jul 2012
- disclosed12 Jul 2012
Introduced: 12 Jul 2012
CVE-2012-4000 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:13.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fckeditor package and not the fckeditor package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-4000
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2522
- http://disse.cting.org/blog/2012/06/22/fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerability/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49606
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54188
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76604