CVE-2005-2273

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Opera 7.x and 8 before 8.01 does not clearly associate a Javascript dialog box with the web page that generated it, which allows remote attackers to spoof a dialog box from a trusted site and facilitates phishing attacks, aka the "Dialog Origin Spoofing Vulnerability."

Affected products

Opera Browser: from 7.00 before 8.01 — fixed in 8.01

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Opera Browser 8.01. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15488
http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_dialog_origin_vulnerability_test/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-8/
http://secunia.com/advisories/15488
http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_dialog_origin_vulnerability_test/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-8/

Get alerted when CVE-2005-2273 or the next vulnerability affects your stack