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).

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-10-23

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Opera (Opera)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32299
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32394
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
• http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/
• http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/
• http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/
• http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
• http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/
• http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/
• http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801