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Adobe Dreamweaver/Contribute "Insert Flash Video" Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA28519
Release Date: 2008-01-17
Popularity: 4,770 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Adobe Contribute 4.x
Adobe Contribute CS3
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-6244
CVE-2007-6637


Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Contribute, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to input validation errors in the generated code when using the "Insert Flash Video" command. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the context of an affected site using a generated SWF file.

This is also related to vulnerabilities #5 and #6 in:
SA28161

The vulnerabilities affect Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver 8, Contribute CS3, and Contribute 4.

Solution:
Update the FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf and FLVPlayer_Streaming.swf files.
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402925

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Rich Cannings, Google Security Team.

Original Advisory:
APSB08-01:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-01.html

APSA07-06:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa07-06.html

Other References:
SA28161:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28161/


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