4.3

CVE-2008-4795: opera Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 30-10-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4795 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in opera. EPSS estimates a 4.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 30-10-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The links panel in Opera before 9.62 processes Javascript within the context of the "outermost page" of a frame, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.34% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Opera Web Browser 9.x - History Search and Links Panel Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opera1 product
  • opera≤ 9.61 | 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

7 links