CVE-2004-2491
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.063 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via the window.open and location.replace HTML parameters, which facilitates phishing attacks.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-24325Opera Web Browser 7.53 - Location Replace URI Obfuscationfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (12)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12162enisa_euvd
- http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/754/enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/8317enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10810enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16816enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.htmlBroken LinkExploitnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12162Broken LinkPatchnvd
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