CVE-2007-6522

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The rich text editing functionality in Opera before 9.25 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-domain scripting attacks by using designMode to modify contents of pages in other domains.

Affected products

Opera Browser: through 9.24; 1.00, 2.00, 2.10, 2.10-beta1, 2.10-beta2, 2.10-beta3 (+95)

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202770
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28169
http://secunia.com/advisories/28290
http://secunia.com/advisories/28314
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-22.xml
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/925/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/925/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/875/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26937
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019131
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4261

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