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Opera GX Flaw Let Malicious Sites Auto-Install Mods to Steal Data From Visited Pages

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​Researchers found a flaw in Opera GX, the gaming-focused version of the Opera browser, that let a malicious website silently install a browser add-on and use it to lift specific data from the pages a victim visits.

In a proof of concept, they reconstructed a signed-in user’s full Gmail address from a single visit, with no click. Opera has patched the flaw and says it found no evidence that Researchers found a flaw in Opera GX, the gaming-focused version of the Opera browser, that let a malicious website silently install a browser add-on and use it to lift specific data from the pages a victim visits.

In a proof of concept, they reconstructed a signed-in user’s full Gmail address from a single visit, with no click. Opera has patched the flaw and says it found no evidence that  The Hacker News

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