CVE-2012-4000
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-37457FCKEditor Core - 'Editor 'spellchecker.php' Cross-Site Scriptingfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (42)
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also known as (6)
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sources
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references (14)
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- http://disse.cting.org/blog/2012/06/22/fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerability/cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49606cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54188cnnvd
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76604cnnvd
- http://disse.cting.org/blog/2012/06/22/fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerability/enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49606enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2522enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54188enisa_euvd
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