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Medium
CVE-2008-4696
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera before 9.61...
Vulnerability Description
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).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32394
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32299
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5..10, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.11, 5.12, 6, 6.0, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 7, 7.0, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.21, 7.22, 7.23, 7.50, 7.51, 7.52, 7.53, 7.54, 8.0, 8.01, 8.02, 8.50, 8.51, 8.52, 8.53, 8.54, 9.0, 9.01, 9.02, 9.10, 9.20, 9.21, 9.22, 9.23, 9.24, 9.25, 9.26, 9.27, 9.50, 9.51
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 23rd, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.