XSS in Opera
CVE-2008-4696
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera before 9.61 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the anchor identifier (aka the "optional fragment"), which is not properly escaped before storage in the History Search database (aka md.dat).
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.457 (98.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.457 · newest: 0.457 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Opera — versions 5..10, 5.0, 5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32394 (third-party-advisory)
- www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/ (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/32538 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32299 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
- www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site…
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-4696?
- CVE-2008-4696 is a vulnerability in Opera, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-10-23.
- Is CVE-2008-4696 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.