4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2011-2461
Adobe Flex SDK Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Adobe Flex SDK 3.x and 4.x before 4.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the loading of modules from different domains.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 1, 2011, 11:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 9, 2017, 2:29 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2011-2461 has a 16 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-2461 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe flex_sdk
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2011-2461.

URL Resource
http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2015/03/the-old-is-new-again-cve-2011-2461-is.html
http://blog.nibblesec.org/2015/03/the-old-is-new-again-cve-2011-2461-is.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/915/cpsid_91544.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131376/Magento-eCommerce-Vulnerable-Adobe-Flex-SDK.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/47053
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-25.html Vendor Advisory
https://threatpost.com/adobe-cve-2011-2461-remains-exploitable-four-years-after-patch/111754

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Deep-Bagchi/awesome-burp-extensions

None

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 3, 2024, 3:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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FranckJudes/Burp_Suite-with-Extension

None

Updated: 7 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 10, 2024, 10:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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CVEDB/awesome-cve-repo

None

Shell

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2023, 4:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 435 different CVEs too.
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noname1007/awesome-burp-extensions

None

Updated: 2 years, 9 months ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 12, 2021, 3:47 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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ntbps/bappstore_list

List extensions from the [BurpSuite App Store](https://portswigger.net/bappstore) via [pub](https://github.com/ericchiang/pup) and [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq). The origin repo is https://github.com/awc/bappstore_list.

burpsuite bappstore extensions

Shell

Updated: 3 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 22, 2021, 9:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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cranelab/webapp-tech

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
43 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : Sept. 9, 2020, 10:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.
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marz-hunter/BURP

None

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 29, 2020, 10:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Elsfa7-110/top-burpsuite-plugins-extensions

None

security vulnerability burpsuite awesome vulnerability-scanners bugbounty cybersecurity

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
13 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Aug. 25, 2020, 5:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Nieuport/awesome-burp-extensions

None

Updated: 4 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 25, 2020, 5:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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snoopysecurity/awesome-burp-extensions

A curated list of amazingly awesome Burp Extensions

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
2943 stars 552 fork 552 watcher
Born at : Nov. 11, 2018, 4:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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alexlauerman/BurpExtensions

A list of burp extensions, although this has fallen very out of date.

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
10 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Jan. 19, 2017, 2:10 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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edmondscommerce/CVE-2011-2461_Magento_Patch

None

Updated: 6 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 26, 2016, 2:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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danieldizzy/Security-Research-Tutorials

Personal collection of tutorial resources

Updated: 4 years, 2 months ago
1 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Dec. 2, 2015, 4:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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u-maxx/magento-swf-patched-CVE-2011-2461

Patched version of the uploader.swf and uploaderSingle.swf to fix CVE-2011-2461

Updated: 9 years, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 24, 2015, 10:17 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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ikkisoft/ParrotNG

ParrotNG is a tool capable of identifying Adobe Flex applications (SWF) vulnerable to CVE-2011-2461

Java

Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
47 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Feb. 8, 2015, 5:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-2461 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-2461 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://threatpost.com/adobe-cve-2011-2461-remains-exploitable-four-years-after-patch/111754 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://blog.nibblesec.org/2015/03/the-old-is-new-again-cve-2011-2461-is.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2015/03/the-old-is-new-again-cve-2011-2461-is.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 03, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131376/Magento-eCommerce-Vulnerable-Adobe-Flex-SDK.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131376/Magento-eCommerce-Vulnerable-Adobe-Flex-SDK.html Exploit
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 06, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131376/Magento-eCommerce-Vulnerable-Adobe-Flex-SDK.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2011

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-2461 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-2461 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.56 }} 2.28%

score

0.90653

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Authentication
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