CVE-2007-1115

Summary

The child frames in Opera 9 before 9.20 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an HTTP Content-Type header or META tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22701
• http://osvdb.org/32118
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017909
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24312
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0745
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25027
• http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/855/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_28_opera.html
• http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22701
• http://osvdb.org/32118
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017909
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24312
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0745
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25027
• http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/855/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_28_opera.html
• http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html

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