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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800044
Category:General
Title:Opera Web Browser Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities - Windows
Summary:Opera web browser is prone to multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Opera web browser is prone to multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
Flaws are due to:

- the URL of visited pages are not properly sanitised by the History Search
functionality before being used.

- an error in the implementation of the Fast Forward feature.

- an error while blocking scripts during a news feed preview.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful remote attack could inject arbitrary code, launch
cross site attacks, information disclosure and can even steal related DB (DataBase) contents.

Affected Software/OS:
Opera version prior to 9.61 on Windows.

Solution:
Upgrade to Opera 9.61.

CVSS Score:
5.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4696
BugTraq ID: 31869
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869
Bugtraq: 20081022 Opera Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
http://secunia.com/advisories/32299
http://secunia.com/advisories/32394
http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:022 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873
XForce ISS Database: opera-historysearch-xss(46003)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4697
BugTraq ID: 31842
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31842
XForce ISS Database: opera-fastforward-xss(46004)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46004
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4698
XForce ISS Database: opera-newsfeed1-weak-security(46005)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46005
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4725
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/
XForce ISS Database: opera-opera-querystring-xss(46231)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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