Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-6520. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. 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:

Opera before 9.25 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-domain scripting attacks via unknown vectors related to plug-ins.

The bug was discovered 12/19/2007. The weakness was presented 12/24/2007 by Gynvael Coldwind (Alex) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at opera.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-6520 since 12/24/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29742 (Opera < 9.25 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165035 (SUSE Security Update for Opera (SUSE-SA:2008:001)).

Upgrading to version 7.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39147), Tenable (29742), SecurityFocus (BID 26937†), OSVDB (42695†) and Secunia (SA28169†). See VDB-40232, VDB-40231, VDB-40230 and VDB-40229 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 29742
Nessus Name: Opera < 9.25 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 60053
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: opera, opera-devel, linux-opera
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Browser 7.20

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: opera.com
Researcher: Gynvael Coldwind (Alex)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6520 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6520
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40228
X-Force: 39147
SecurityFocus: 26937 - Opera Web Browser Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28169
OSVDB: 42695 - CVE-2007-6520 - Opera Software - Opera - Cross-Domain Scripting Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019131
Vulnerability Center: 17163 - Opera Web Browser < 9.25 Remote Cross Domain Scripting Attacks, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4261

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/01/2019 20:54
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (74), 08/01/2019 20:54 (11)
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