Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera 9.52 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly escaped before storage in the History Search database (aka md.dat), a different vector than CVE-2008-4696. NOTE: some of these issues were addressed before 9.60.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Opera 9.60 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting EDB-6801 · remote · Oct 22, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2008-2873 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20081021 Re: CVE Request: Opera 9.60 with security fixes mailing-list
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/
- 32299 third-party-advisory
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf
- [oss-security] 20081022 Re: CVE Request: Opera 9.60 with security fixes mailing-list
- opera-opera-querystring-xss(46231) vdb-entry
- 31869 vdb-entry
- 6801 exploit
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/
- opera-historysearch-xss(46003) vdb-entry
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/
- 4504 third-party-advisory
- 20081022 Opera Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability mailing-list
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/