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).
Published 2008-10-23 22:00:01
Updated 2018-10-11 20:52:36
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Products affected by CVE-2008-4696

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4696

81.70%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 98 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2008-4696

  • Opera historysearch XSS
    Disclosure Date: 2008-10-23
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/multi/browser/opera_historysearch
    Certain constructs are not escaped correctly by Opera's History Search results. These can be used to inject scripts into the page, which can then be used to modify configuration settings and execute arbitrary commands. Affects Opera versions between 9.50

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-4696

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.6
2.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-4696

References for CVE-2008-4696

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