Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4696

Title: Opera Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-4696

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Oct 23, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
62.12%

Vulnerability Summary

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).

Impacted Vendors

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opera_software 1
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opera 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4696 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9944
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16304
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.