CVE-2008-5681: Opera Browser

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Opera before 9.63 does not block unspecified "scripted URLs" during the feed preview, which allows remote attackers to read existing subscriptions and force subscriptions to arbitrary feed URLs.

Affected products

• Opera Opera Browser: up to and including 9.62; version 1.00 only; version 2.00 only; version 2.10 only; version 2.12 only; version 3.00 only; …

Published 2008-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.