CVE-2009-1879 EXPLOIT
2.6
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.3% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.template.html in the express-install templates in the SDK in Adobe Flex before 3.4, when the installed Flash version is older than a specified requiredMajorVersion value, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.
Scoring
| CVSS | 2.6 (LOW, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 8.25% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-08-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | flex sdk |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe Flex SDK 3.x - 'index.template.html' Cross-Site Scripting | 2009-08-19 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022748
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- http://www.gdssecurity.com/l/b/2009/08/20/adobe-flex-3-3-sdk-dom-based-xss/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505948/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52608
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022748
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- http://www.gdssecurity.com/l/b/2009/08/20/adobe-flex-3-3-sdk-dom-based-xss/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505948/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52608
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