CVE-2002-0898

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Opera 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 allows a remote web site to upload arbitrary files from the client system, without prompting the client, via an input type=file tag whose value contains a newline.

Affected products

Opera Software Opera Web Browser: 6.0.1, 6.0.2

References

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102256058220402&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274202
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9188.php
http://www.opera.com/windows/changelog/log603.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4834
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102256058220402&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274202
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9188.php
http://www.opera.com/windows/changelog/log603.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4834

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