CVE-2008-4698
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 Browser
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 9.605.05.0 beta25.0 beta35.0 beta45.0 beta55.0 beta65.0 beta75.0 beta85.025.105.115.126.06.0 beta16.0 beta26.0 beta36.0 tp16.0 tp26.0 tp36.016.026.036.046.056.066.16.1 beta16.116.127.07.0 beta17.0 beta1_v27.0 beta27.017.027.037.107.10 beta17.117.11 beta27.207.20 beta77.217.227.237.507.50 beta17.517.527.537.547.54 update17.54 update27.608.08.0 beta18.0 beta28.0 beta38.018.028.508.518.528.538.549.09.0 beta19.0 beta29.019.029.109.129.209.20 beta19.219.229.239.249.259.269.279.509.50 beta19.50 beta29.519.529.60 beta1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
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/32299Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32394Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32538Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xmlMailing 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/2008/10/22/5x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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