Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have…
Priority LOW 32CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A records, such as co.tv, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking."
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01202 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3172
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qq2x-j84f-pf8v
References
More Opera vulnerabilities
- TI-2008-04929 Heap-based buffer overflow in Opera 9.62 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2008-04479 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera before 9.61 allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2008-04094 Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.52 on Windows, when registered as a protocol… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-01689 Opera before 9.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2008-04478 Opera before 9.60 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and have… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2008-02947 Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.51 on Windows allows attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2008-3172 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-3172 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qq2x-j84f-pf8v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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