CVE-2008-3172
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A...
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."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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."
- Record
CVE-2008-3172- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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."
- Record
CVE-2008-3172- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3162 No score
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."
- Record
EUVD-2008-3162- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qq2x-j84f-pf8v No score
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A...
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."
- Record
GHSA-qq2x-j84f-pf8v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-3172 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Opera, published July 14, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.20%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html
kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html
o.bulport.com/index.php?item=55
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252342
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43951
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3172
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qq2x-j84f-pf8v