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CRITICAL
CVE-2011-3642
Flowplayer Flash XSS Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 8, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2020, 4:54 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-3642 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 Flowplayer flowplayer_flash
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-2011-3642.

URL Resource
http://appsec.ws/Presentations/FlashFlooding.pdf Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/52074 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54206 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58854 Third Party Advisory
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2014-009 Broken Link
http://web.appsec.ws/FlashExploitDatabase.php Broken Link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1103748 Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/flowplayer-core/issues/detail?id=441 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5237 Third Party Advisory
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48651 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-3642 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-3642 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
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://appsec.ws/Presentations/FlashFlooding.pdf No Types Assigned http://appsec.ws/Presentations/FlashFlooding.pdf Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/52074 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/52074 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/54206 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/54206 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/58854 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/58854 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2014-009 No Types Assigned http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2014-009 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://web.appsec.ws/FlashExploitDatabase.php No Types Assigned http://web.appsec.ws/FlashExploitDatabase.php Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1103748 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1103748 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://code.google.com/p/flowplayer-core/issues/detail?id=441 No Types Assigned https://code.google.com/p/flowplayer-core/issues/detail?id=441 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5237 No Types Assigned https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5237 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48651 No Types Assigned https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48651 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:flowplayer:flowplayer_flash:*:*:*:*:*:mahara:*:* versions from (including) 3.2.7 up to (including) 3.2.16 *cpe:2.3:a:flowplayer:flowplayer_flash:*:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:* versions from (including) 3.2.7 up to (including) 3.2.16
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-2011-3642 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-2011-3642 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

1.39 }} -0.14%

score

0.86625

percentile

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