Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-4698. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Opera before 9.61 does not properly block scripts during preview of a news feed, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary new feed subscriptions and read the contents of arbitrary feeds.

The bug was discovered 10/21/2008. The weakness was presented 10/23/2008 by David Bloom (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-4698 since 10/22/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34508 (FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (f5c4d7f7-9f4b-11dd-bab1-001999392805)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115998 (Opera Web Browser HTML Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 7.20 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46005), Tenable (34508), SecurityFocus (BID 31842†), OSVDB (49741†) and Secunia (SA32299†). See VDB-44702 and VDB-44697 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34508
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (f5c4d7f7-9f4b-11dd-bab1-001999392805)
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OpenVAS ID: 61795
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: opera, 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: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: David Bloom
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4698 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4698
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44698
X-Force: 46005
SecurityFocus: 31842 - Opera Web Browser Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32299
OSVDB: 49741 - Opera news feed weak security
Vulnerability Center: 19883 - Opera Web Browser < 9.61 Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Obtain Sensitive Information, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2873

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/25/2025 07:13
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (74), 08/20/2019 09:23 (8), 05/25/2025 07:13 (20)
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