CVE-2004-2491

Opera web browser <7.53.3850 - XSS

Title source: llm

Description

A race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via the window.open and location.replace HTML parameters, which facilitates phishing attacks.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by bitlance winter · htmlremotemultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24325

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (6)

[Broken Link, Patch] http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/754/

[Broken Link, Exploit] http://www.osvdb.org/8317

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16816

[Broken Link, Exploit] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.html

[Broken Link, Patch] http://secunia.com/advisories/12162

[Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10810

Scores

EPSS 0.1039

EPSS Percentile 93.2%

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (1)

opera/opera_browser < 7.53

Published Dec 31, 2004

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026