CVE-2009-2351

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: yes
Published: 2009-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Opera 9.52 and earlier does not block javascript: URIs in Refresh headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Refresh header or (2) specifying the content of a Refresh header, a related issue to CVE-2009-1312. NOTE: it was later reported that 10.00 Beta 3 Build 1699 is also affected.

Affected products

Opera Browser: through 9.52; 7.0, 7.23, 7.53, 7.54, 7.60, 8.0 (+17)

References

http://websecurity.com.ua/3275/
http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504718/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504723/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35571
http://websecurity.com.ua/3275/
http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504718/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504723/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35571

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