CVE-2009-3013
Opera 9.52 and earlier, and 10.00 Beta 3 Build 1699, does not properly block data: URIs in Location headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Location header that contains JavaScript sequences in a data:text/html URI or (2) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript sequences when specifying the content of a Location header. NOTE: the JavaScript executes outside of the context of the HTTP site.
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
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2997)
- Published
- August 31, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2997 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
- opera / opera browser
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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