CVE-2008-4696

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).

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded

http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf

http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/32538

http://secunia.com/advisories/32394

http://secunia.com/advisories/32299

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3