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Opera Redirection Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15423
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Release Date:
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2005-06-16
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Popularity:
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20,093 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Opera 8.x
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Description:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks against users.
The vulnerability is caused due to input not being sanitised, when Opera generates a temporary page for displaying a redirection when "Automatic redirection" is disabled (not default setting).
For more information:
SA8155
NOTE: A variant of this issue was first discovered in Opera versions 6.x and 7.x, but was reintroduced with the release of Opera 8.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 8.0.
Solution:
Update to version 8.01.
http://www.opera.com/download/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jakob Balle, Secunia Research.
Original Advisory:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2003-1/
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