CVE-2011-2461

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

Adobe Flex Sdk: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 (+8)

References

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
http://secunia.com/advisories/47053
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-25.html
https://threatpost.com/adobe-cve-2011-2461-remains-exploitable-four-years-after-patch/111754
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
http://secunia.com/advisories/47053

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