Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera before 9.61 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…

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).

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

45.7% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-79

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)
• 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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:24 UTC.