CVE-2008-7297

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-7297
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-08-09 19:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOpera cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in HTTPS sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP response, related to lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, aka a "cookie forcing" issue.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opera Opera Browser All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security: Some less obvious benefits of HSTS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com
...Application Security...: Cookie Forcing - Trust your cookies no more af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 michael-coates.blogspot.com
660053 – (CVE-2011-2976) [SECURITY] If a BUGLIST cookie is compromised, it can be used to XSS show_bug.cgi and inject HTML into <head> af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Patch
Security: Cookie forcing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com
Part2 - browsersec - Google Code - Browser Security Handbook, part 2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
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