CVE-2011-3642

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Flowplayer Flash 3.2.7 through 3.2.16, as used in the News system (news) extension for TYPO3 and Mahara, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the plugin configuration directive in a reference to an external domain plugin.

Category

9.6
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.90% Top 10%
Third-Party Advisory secunia.com Third-Party Advisory secunia.com Third-Party Advisory secunia.com Third-Party Advisory launchpad.net Third-Party Advisory google.com Third-Party Advisory mahara.org Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://web.appsec.ws/FlashExploitDatabase.php broken link
http://appsec.ws/Presentations/FlashFlooding.pdf broken link
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2014-009 broken link
https://code.google.com/p/flowplayer-core/issues/detail?id=441 third party advisory exploit
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5237 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/52074 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54206 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58854 third party advisory
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48651 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1103748 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3642?
CVE-2011-3642 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3642?
To fix CVE-2011-3642, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-3642 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-3642 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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