XSS in Opera Browser
CVE-2008-4697
The Fast Forward feature in Opera before 9.61, when a page is located in a frame, executes a javascript: URL in the context of the outermost page instead of the page that contains this URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
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: 0.017 (76.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Opera Browser — versions 5.0, 5.02, 5.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32394 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/
- 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 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32299 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5 (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46004 (vdb-entry)
- www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/