CVE-2009-3266
Opera before 10.01 does not properly restrict HTML in a (1) RSS or (2) Atom feed, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, and conduct cross-zone scripting attacks involving the Feed Subscription Page to read feeds or…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.68%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Opera before 10.01 does not properly restrict HTML in a (1) RSS or (2) Atom feed, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, and conduct cross-zone scripting attacks involving the Feed Subscription Page to read feeds or create feed subscriptions, via a crafted feed, related to the rendering of the application/rss+xml content type as "scripted content."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.68% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- opera/opera browser
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-10/0289.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37182Vendor Advisory
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/09/exploiting-chrome-and-operas-inbuilt-atomrss-reader-with-script-execution-and-more/Exploit
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/10/hijacking-operas-native-page-using-malicious-rss-payloads/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1001/Patch
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1001/Patch
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1001/Patch
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/939/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/59358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506517/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36418
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36850
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3073Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6314
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-10/0289.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37182Vendor Advisory
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/09/exploiting-chrome-and-operas-inbuilt-atomrss-reader-with-script-execution-and-more/Exploit
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/10/hijacking-operas-native-page-using-malicious-rss-payloads/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1001/Patch
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1001/Patch
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1001/Patch
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/939/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/59358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506517/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36418
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36850
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3073Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6314
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.