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CVE-2008-4725

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4725 describes a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll within Opera 9.52 and earlier versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is then improperly stored in the History Search database (md.dat). The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a potential impact of information disclosure. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for Opera 9.60 exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:9.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6801 · Oct 22, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0489 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/32299
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/4504
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46003
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46231
exploit-db.com / exploits/6801
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
opera.com / docs/changelogs/freebsd/961
opera.com / docs/changelogs/linux/961
opera.com / docs/changelogs/mac/961
opera.com / docs/changelogs/solaris/961
opera.com / docs/changelogs/windows/961
opera.com / support/search/view/903
security-assessment.com / files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31869
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2873