4.3

CVE-2008-4696: opera Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 23-10-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4696 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in opera. EPSS estimates a 45.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 5 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
45.73%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits5reference, exploit-database, metasploit

Timeline

  1. 23-10-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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).

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

45.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 45.73% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
45.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

5 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotemultipleVerified

    Opera 9.50/9.61 historysearch - Command Execution (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremotemultipleVerified

    Opera historysearch - Cross-Site Scripting (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

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  • exploit-databaseremotewindowsVerified

    Opera 9.60 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: weaponized

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    Opera historysearch XSS

    exploit/multi/browser/opera_historysearch

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opera1 product
  • opera≤ 9.6 | 5..10 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.11 | 5.12 | 6:beta_1 | 6.0 | 6.01 | 6.02 | 6.03 | 6.04 | 6.05 | 6.06 | 7:beta_1 | 7:beta_1.2 | 7.0 | 7.0:beta_2 | 7.01 | 7.02 | 7.03 | 7.10 | 7.11 | 7.20 | 7.20:beta7 | 7.21 | 7.22 | 7.23 | 7.50 | 7.50:beta_1 | 7.51 | 7.52 | 7.53 | 7.54 | 7.54:update_1 | 7.54:update_2 | 8.0 | 8.0:beta_1 | 8.0:beta_2 | 8.0:beta_3 | 8.01 | 8.02 | 8.50 | 8.51 | 8.52 | 8.53 | 8.54 | 9.0 | 9.0:beta_1 | 9.0:beta_2 | 9.01 | 9.02 | 9.10 | 9.20 | 9.20:beta_1 | 9.21 | 9.22 | 9.23 | 9.24 | 9.25 | 9.26 | 9.27 | 9.50 | 9.50:beta_2 | 9.51

1 vendor · 1 product

References

20 links
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