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Opera cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in HTTPS sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP response, related to lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, aka a "cookie forcing" issue

Published Aug 9, 2011

Description

Opera cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in HTTPS sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP response, related to lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, aka a "cookie forcing" issue.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 9, 2011
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Aug 9, 2011
Link CVE-2008-7297
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2008-7297
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2008-7297