CVE-2008-4725
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera 9.52 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly escaped before storage in the History Search database (aka md.dat), a different vector than CVE-2008-4696. NOTE: some of these issues were addressed before 9.60.
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
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4705)
- 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-2008-4705 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opera / opera browser
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32299(Vendor Advisory)
- 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/
- 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/
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/
- 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)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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