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CVE-2011-4681

Opera before 11.60 does not properly consider the number of .

Impact

Opera before 11.60 does not properly consider the number of . (dot) characters that conventionally exist in domain names of different top-level domains, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by leveraging access to a different domain name in the same top-level domain, as demonstrated by the .no or .uk domain.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
OperaOpera Browser
through 11.60
Versions 5.0, 5.02, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12

Weakness classification

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