CVE-2008-4725
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera 9.52 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- 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
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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)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- 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
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32299 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
- opera-opera-querystring-xss(46231) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 6801 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- opera-historysearch-xss(46003) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4504 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20081022 Opera Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2008-4705 (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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