Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2640
CVE-2008-2640
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.
Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex:3.0.1:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex:3.0.1:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3.0.1
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex_builder:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex_builder:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- secunia.com/advisories/30746nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-14.htmlnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29778nvdPatch
- blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/06/javascript-code.htmlnvdExploit
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1862nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43150nvd
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