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CVE-2008-2640 Details

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Flex 3 History Management feature in Adobe Flex 3.0.1 SDK and Flex Builder 3, and generated applications, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the anchor identifier to (1) client-side-detection-with-history/history/historyFrame.html, (2) express-installation-with-history/history/historyFrame.html, or (3) no-player-detection-with-history/history/historyFrame.html in templates/html-templates/. NOTE: Firefox 2.0 and possibly other browsers prevent exploitation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/06/javascript-code.html	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/30746	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020301	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43150	CVE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-14.html	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29778	CVE	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1862	CVE
http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/06/javascript-code.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/30746	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020301	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43150	[email protected]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-14.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29778	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1862	[email protected]

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
adobe flex	3.0.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex:3.0.1::sdk::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
adobe flex builder	3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex_builder:3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 18, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]