MEDIUM
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)
Published Oct 23, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 45.73%
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 products
No data.
OR
- n/a
- ≤ 9.6
- 5..10
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.4
- 5.5
- 5.6
- 5.7
- 5.8
- 5.9
- 5.11
- 5.12
- 6
- 6.0
- 6.01
- 6.02
- 6.03
- 6.04
- 6.05
- 6.06
- 7
- 7
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.01
- 7.02
- 7.03
- 7.10
- 7.11
- 7.20
- 7.20
- 7.21
- 7.22
- 7.23
- 7.50
- 7.50
- 7.51
- 7.52
- 7.53
- 7.54
- 7.54
- 7.54
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.01
- 8.02
- 8.50
- 8.51
- 8.52
- 8.53
- 8.54
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.01
- 9.02
- 9.10
- 9.20
- 9.20
- 9.21
- 9.22
- 9.23
- 9.24
- 9.25
- 9.26
- 9.27
- 9.50
- 9.50
- 9.51
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
45.73% 0.45729
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.45729
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 45.73% (0.45729) | 98.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 45.73% (0.45729) | 98.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 62.12% (0.62121) | 98.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 66.08% (0.66083) | 97.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 62.12% (0.62121) | 98.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 17, 2025 | 80.55% (0.80549) | 98.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 81.70% (0.81701) | 98.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2024 | 83.25% (0.83246) | 98.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 85.61% (0.85610) | 98.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | 85.75% (0.85747) | 98.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 20, 2024 | 85.54% (0.85540) | 98.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 6, 2023 | 84.64% (0.84642) | 98.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 23, 2023 | 84.33% (0.84326) | 98.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 3, 2023 | 84.46% (0.84458) | 97.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 85.09% (0.85094) | 97.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 87.50% (0.87505) | 99.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 87.50% (0.87505) | 99.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (20)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32299 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32394 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 23, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 22, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4696
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a