THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-0270
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2002-0270

Opera Web Browser vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Opera, when configured with the "Determine action by MIME type" option disabled, interprets an object as an HTML document even when its MIME Content-Type is text/plain, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in documents that the user does not expect, possibly through web applications that use a text/plain type to prevent cross-site scripting attacks.
Affected vendor
Opera Software
Affected product
Opera Web Browser
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2002-05-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-0270

  • Confirm whether Opera Software Opera Web Browser is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-0270.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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