CVE-2008-4696
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 45.7%EU EUVD
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).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 45.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4676)
- Published
- October 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4676 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opera / opera
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32299(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/(Patch)
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/(Patch)
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/(Patch)
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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