Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera before 12.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted JavaScript code that overrides methods of unspecified native objects in documents that have different origins.

The weakness was disclosed 01/02/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at opera.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-6464 since 01/02/2013. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62821 (Opera < 12.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 7.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80958) and Tenable (62821). The entries 6908, 6909, 6910 and 6911 are pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 62821
Nessus Name: Opera < 12.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 803145
OpenVAS Name: Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities-03 Jan13 (Linux)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Browser 7.20

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11/06/2012 🔍
01/02/2013 +57 days 🔍
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07/01/2013 +180 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +631 days 🔍
12/21/2021 +2464 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: opera.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-6464 (🔍)
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X-Force: 80958
Vulnerability Center: 40251 - Opera <12.10 Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CVE-2012-6464), Medium
SecurityFocus: 56407

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/21/2021 09:23
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (63), 05/04/2017 10:31 (3), 12/21/2021 09:23 (4)
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