Is the plugin page broken?

Simple question, and of course I am asking it on a Sunday when no one wants to fool around with stuff...but...the Plugin page here:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
is reporting Flash "Update Now", which I did twice and then and installed twice, again, from windows Control Panel, and then checked once more from the Adobe Site here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
which tells me I am using the latest version, 16.0.0.287, the same version the Plugin page reports is "vulnerable."
Either, 1.) the plugin page is messed up, 2.) the plugin page is right but Adobe has not yet released the version needed (which seems unlikely) or 3.) just earlier this week I reported an issue with the Google Prefs cookie here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1042916
And the plugin page is sourcing in part from ssl.google-analytics.com and now won't work for me.
I think I've seen this before, however, it was something wrong with the plugin page and the advise of the time was just to "ignore it until it's fixed."
Just reporting an issue, Mozilla friends. I don't like bothering people twice in one week. ;-)
Regards,
Axis

hello, adobe has released a critical patch to mitigate yet another vulnerability in its flash plugin, which is reportedly already exploited in the wild. https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-01.html
please update to Adobe Flash Player version 16.0.0.296 as soon as possible, which you can download from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html (use the windows-exe for plugin-based browsers).

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