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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2009-3832

Medium
5.8/10

Summary

Opera before 10.01 on Windows does not prevent use of Web fonts in rendering the product's own user interface, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address field via a crafted web site.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-601 - Open Redirect

An open redirect attack employs a URL parameter, HTML refresh tags, or a DOM based location change to exploit the trust of a vulnerable domain to direct the users to a malicious website. The attack could lead to higher severity vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access control, account takeover, XSS, and more.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published