{"cve":"CVE-2012-4230","nvd":{"published":"2014-04-25T14:15:30.360","modified":"2026-06-16T23:44:40.057","status":"Modified","description":"The bbcode plugin in TinyMCE 3.5.8 does not properly enforce the TinyMCE security policy for the (1) encoding directive and (2) valid_elements attribute, which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via application-specific vectors, as demonstrated using a textarea element.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/91130","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114","http://www.madirish.net/554","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58424"],"products":["tinymce:tinymce"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-4230","score":0.0139,"percentile":0.72326,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}