Opera Web Browser 7.23 Address Bar onUnload unknown vulnerability

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A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser 7.23 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function onUnload of the component Address Bar. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Opera Browser 7.23, and other versions before 7.50, updates the address bar as soon as the user clicks a link, which allows remote attackers to redirect to other sites via the onUnload attribute.

The bug was discovered 05/03/2004. The weakness was released 05/13/2004 by Jakob Balle with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2260 since 07/19/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14244 (Opera < 7.50 onUnload Address Bar Spoofing), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at opera.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16131) and Tenable (14244). securiteam.com is providing further details.

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Nessus ID: 14244
Nessus Name: Opera < 7.50 onUnload Address Bar Spoofing
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OpenVAS ID: 14244
OpenVAS Name: Opera web browser address bar spoofing weakness
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: opera.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: secunia.com
Researcher: Jakob Balle
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2260 (🔍)
X-Force: 16131 - Opera onUnload URL spoofing, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 5133 - Opera Web Browser onUnload Event Handler URL Spoofing, Medium
SecurityFocus: 10337 - Opera Web Browser Address Bar Spoofing Weakness
Secunia: 11532 - Opera Browser Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 6108 - Opera onUnload Address Bar Spoofing

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2004 11:00
Updated: 03/09/2021 14:08
Changes: 05/19/2004 11:00 (90), 04/22/2019 10:51 (3), 03/09/2021 14:08 (2)
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