Detections
Analytics
Opera < 9.61 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 34459
Synopsis
The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several issues.Description
The version of Opera installed on the remote host is earlier than 9.61 and thus reportedly affected by several issues :- It may be possible to reveal a user's browsing history by exploiting certain constructs in Opera's History Search results (903).
- Opera's Fast Forward feature is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability (904).
- While previewing certain news feeds, it may be possible for certain scripts to subscribe an user to arbitrary feeds, and also view contents of user subscribed feeds (905).
Solution
Upgrade to Opera 9.61 or later.See Also
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/904/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 34459
File Name: opera_961.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: Local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 10/21/2008
Updated: 5/27/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4725
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Opera
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Opera historysearch XSS)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4696, CVE-2008-4697, CVE-2008-4698, CVE-2008-4725