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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4599 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:57:48.770Z

Reserved: 2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-4681

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-12-07T19:55:02.517

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4681

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