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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-3642 · published 8 February 2020

CVE-2011-3642: Flowplayer flash cross-site scripting vulnerability

Flowplayer · Flowplayer Flash

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Flowplayer Flash 3.2.7 through 3.2.16, as used in the News system (news) extension for TYPO3 and Mahara, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the plugin configuration directive in a reference to an external domain plugin.

9.6 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 8.8% · top 5.0% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
9.6CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.8
8.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Flowplayer Flash 3.2.7 through 3.2.16, as used in the News system (news) extension for TYPO3 and Mahara, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the plugin configuration directive in a reference to an external domain plugin.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://appsec.ws/Presentations/FlashFlooding.pdf Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/52074 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54206 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58854 Third Party Advisory
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2014-009 Broken Link
http://web.appsec.ws/FlashExploitDatabase.php Broken Link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1103748 Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/flowplayer-core/issues/detail?id=441 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5237 Third Party Advisory
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48651 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://appsec.ws/Presentations/FlashFlooding.pdf Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/52074 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54206 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58854 Third Party Advisory
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2014-009 Broken Link
http://web.appsec.ws/FlashExploitDatabase.php Broken Link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1103748 Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/flowplayer-core/issues/detail?id=441 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5237 Third Party Advisory
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48651 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-3642), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.