CVE-2008-4725
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
23/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera 9.52 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly escaped before storage in the History Search database (aka md.dat), a different vector than CVE-2008-4696. NOTE: some of these issues were addressed before 9.60.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:9.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32299
- 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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32299
- 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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801



