CVE-2003-1420

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera 6.0 through 7.0 with automatic redirection disabled allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP Location header.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1420 is rated Moderate Risk (46.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.00%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.52% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1420

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.48% 2.00% +1.52%
2 2025-11-14 0.36% 0.48% +0.12%
3 2025-03-14 0.36%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1420

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1420

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1420

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opera opera_browser >= 6.0, < 7.02 cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1420

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/313216 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6962 Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11423 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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