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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-4725 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera 9.52 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the…

published 2008-10-23 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4705

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera 9.52 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly escaped before storage in the History Search database (aka md.dat), a different vector than CVE-2008-4696. NOTE: some of these issues were addressed before 9.60.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6801)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6801 Opera 9.60 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting remote, 2008-10-22
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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