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CVE-2008-4698
Opera before 9.61 does not properly block scripts during preview of a news feed, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary new…
Medium5.8EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
Opera before 9.61 does not properly block scripts during preview of a news feed, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary new feed subscriptions and read the contents of arbitrary feeds.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- 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
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/905/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- opera-newsfeed1-weak-security(46005) (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_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081022 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/windows/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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