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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.

Published

2008-10-23T22:00:01.590

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	opera	opera_browser	9.52	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32299 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5 ([email protected])
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/ ([email protected])
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/ ([email protected])
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/ ([email protected])
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/ ([email protected])
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/ ([email protected])
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/ ([email protected])
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32299 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)