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CVE-2008-4794

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4794 describes a critical vulnerability in Opera versions prior to 9.62, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands through the History Search results page. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5..10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5..10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0450 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
secunia.com / advisories/32538
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46219
opera.com / support/search/view/906
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/31991
ExploitPatch
securitytracker.com / id