Detections
Analytics
Opera < 9.61 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4715
Synopsis
The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several issues.Description
The version of Opera installed on the remote host is earlier than 9.61 and is reportedly affected by several issues :- It may be possible to reveal a user's browsing history by exploiting certain constructs in Opera's History Search results (903).
- Opera's Fast Forward feature is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability (904).
- While previewing certain news feeds, it may be possible for certain scripts to subscribe a user to arbitrary feeds, and also view contents of user subscribed feeds (905).
Solution
Upgrade to version 9.61 or higher.See Also
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/904
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 4715
Family: Web Clients
Published: 10/21/2008
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 34459
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Opera historysearch XSS)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4696, CVE-2008-4697, CVE-2008-4698, CVE-2008-4725