Opera < 15.0 Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

low Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801573

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The remote host is running the Opera web browser.

Versions of Opera earlier than 15.0 were discovered to have a cross-site scripting vulnerability that would allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML by leveraging UTF-8 encoding.

Solution

Upgrade to Opera 15.0 or later.

See Also

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000086.html

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1500

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 801573

Family: Web Clients

Published: 9/18/2013

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4705

BID: 62425