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CVE-2008-4698

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Description

Opera before 9.61 does not properly block scripts during preview of a news feed, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary new feed subscriptions and read the contents of arbitrary feeds.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46005

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31842

http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/905/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/32538

http://secunia.com/advisories/32394

http://secunia.com/advisories/32299

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-23

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00787

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