CVE-2004-2491
N/A
Published: October 25, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpera Browser
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
A race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via the window.open and location.replace HTML parameters, which facilitates phishing attacks.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 7.53
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken LinkExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/12162x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/754/VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10810VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16816Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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