CVE-2009-1879

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

Adobe Flex Sdk: before 3.4 — fixed in 3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Flex Sdk 3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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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