Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-6463. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera before 12.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an unspecified sequence of loading of documents and loading of data: URLs.

The weakness was released 01/02/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at opera.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-6463 since 01/02/2013. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 Tenable (62821) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40252†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6908, VDB-6909, VDB-6910 and VDB-6911. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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-2012-6463 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6463
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63291

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SecurityFocus: 56407
Vulnerability Center: 40252 - Opera <12.10 Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CVE-2012-6463), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/21/2021 09:19
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (62), 05/04/2017 10:31 (3), 12/21/2021 09:19 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:A5A:103

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