PT-2008-5908 · Opera · Opera

Published 2008-10-23 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4697

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Opera versions prior to 9.61

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by executing a javascript: URL in the context of the outermost page instead of the page that contains this URL, when the Fast Forward feature is used and a page is located in a frame.

Recommendations For Opera versions prior to 9.61, update to version 9.61 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4697

Affected Products

Opera

References · 17

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32299 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://opera.com/support/search/view/904 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32538 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4697 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32394 · Vendor Advisory
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46004 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31842 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961 · Note