Description
The links panel in Opera before 9.62 processes Javascript within the context of the "outermost page" of a frame, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
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 Web Browser 9.x - History Search and Links Panel Cross-Site Scripting EDB-32548 · remote · Oct 30, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 32538 third-party-advisory
- 1021127 vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2008:023 vendor-advisory
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/907/
- opera-linkspanel-xss(46220) vdb-entry
- 31991 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200811-01 vendor-advisory