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)
EPSS: 0.457 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Opera — versions 5..10, 5.0, 5.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
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.