CVE-2002-0270

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Published May 3, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 4.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

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 Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opera_software:opera_web_browser:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0267	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 4.7% (4.733% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101363764421623&w=2

History

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Subscriptions

Opera Software Opera Web Browser

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:42 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 3, 2002, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:42 AM
Reserved: May 1, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 29, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

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