CVE-2008-4696
N/A
Published: October 23, 2008 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpera
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 46%
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).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 9.65..105.05.15.115.125.25.35.45.55.65.75.85.96 beta_16.06.016.026.036.046.056.067 beta_17 beta_1.27.07.0 beta_27.017.027.037.107.117.207.20 beta77.217.227.237.507.50 beta_17.517.527.537.547.54 update_17.54 update_28.08.0 beta_18.0 beta_28.0 beta_38.018.028.508.518.528.538.549.09.0 beta_19.0 beta_29.019.029.109.209.20 beta_19.219.229.239.249.259.269.279.509.50 beta_29.51
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32299Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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