Vulnerability CVE-2008-4696
Published: 2008-10-23   Modified: 2012-02-12

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).

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Opera Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Roberto Suggi
23.10.2008

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Opera -> Opera 

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