01 Record
CVE-2008-4698
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-23 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f4aab002b7f4abef72800316308ec42ce6d019e99c453b8669f3195791d95236
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com32394http://secunia.com/advisories/32394
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2873http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081021 Re: CVE Request: Opera 9.60 with security fixeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/support/search/view/905/
- secunia.com32538http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
- secunia.com32299http://secunia.com/advisories/32299
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopera-newsfeed1-weak-security(46005)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46005
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081022 Re: CVE Request: Opera 9.60 with security fixeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:022http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
- www.opera.comhttp://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/
- www.securityfocus.com31842http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31842
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200811-01http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml