CVE-2004-2491

LowCVSS 2.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.6/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/12162Broken Link, Patch
http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/754/Broken Link, Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/8317Broken Link, Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10810Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16816Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/12162Broken Link, Patch
http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/754/Broken Link, Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/8317Broken Link, Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10810Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16816Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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