Adobe Flex SDK 3.x - 'index.template.html' Cross-Site Scripting

Author: Adam Bixby
type: webapps
platform: multiple
port: 0
date_added: 2009-08-19
date_updated: 2014-05-05
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2009-1879;OSVDB-57340
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36087/info

Adobe Flex SDK is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input to express-install template files.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary script code in the context of a web application built using the SDK. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Versions prior to Flex SDK 3.4 are vulnerable.

http://www.example.com/Flex/index.template.html?"/></object><script>alert('XSS')</script>