CVE-2008-4696
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera before 9.61 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
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- mitre
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).
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Metasploit modules1 module
- Opera historysearch XSS (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/opera_historysearchRank excellentdisclosed 23 Oct 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Opera historysearch - Cross-Site Scripting (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16304remote, multiplepublished 11 Nov 2010Verified
- Opera 9.50/9.61 historysearch - Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9944remote, multiplepublished 23 Oct 2008Verified
- Opera 9.60 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6801remote, windowspublished 22 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6801 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 45.7% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (20)
- 32394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2873 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081021 Re: CVE Request: Opera 9.60 with security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 32538 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32299 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081022 Re: CVE Request: Opera 9.60 with security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 6801 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- opera-historysearch-xss(46003) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4504 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20081022 Opera Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200811-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4676 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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