XSS in Opera Browser
CVE-2008-4725
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera 9.52 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly escaped before storage in the History Search database (aka md.dat), a different vector than CVE-2008-4696. NOTE: some of these issues were addressed before 9.60.
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: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Opera Browser — versions 9.52
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6 (mailing-list)
- www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/
- secunia.com/advisories/32299 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- 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)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801 (exploit)
- www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/