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# Opera XSS vectors
**Opera XSS vectors** - Gareth Heyes, thespanner.co.uk.
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Opera XSS vectors
# Opera XSS vectors
Friday, 8 May 2009
It turns out I was right. [Originally](http://www.thespanner.co.uk/2008/09/18/javascript-protocol-fuzzer-and-opera/) I thought the protocols reported by my javascript fuzzer were false positives but as like lots of my code it seems to know better than me  I tested the context of the vectors in a normal HTML link which didn’t work correctly. But I was messing with some XSS in Hackvertor today with the latest copy of Opera and I found they worked.
Surprisingly Opera still supports the table background vector and combining my protocol discoveries you can create some cool additional vectors. The table background vector looks like this:-
```
```
Now we can combine it with some of the unicode characters that work after the javascript string and before the colon:-
```
```
The characters can be repeated many times like this:-
```
```
Lots of other characters seem to be affected, I’ve randomly tested a few like 11520 but I haven’t verified them all. Here are a list of the characters:-
```
Char:9,Link:javascript :
Char:10,Link:javascript
:
Char:13,Link:javascript
:
Char:58,Link:javascript::
Char:2048,Link:javascriptࠀ:
Char:2304,Link:javascriptऀ:
Char:3840,Link:javascriptༀ:
Char:4096,Link:javascriptက:
Char:4256,Link:javascriptႠ:
Char:4352,Link:javascriptᄀ:
Char:4608,Link:javascriptሀ:
Char:4864,Link:javascriptጀ:
Char:5120,Link:javascript᐀:
Char:5376,Link:javascriptᔀ:
Char:5632,Link:javascriptᘀ:
Char:5888,Link:javascriptᜀ:
Char:6400,Link:javascriptᤀ:
Char:6656,Link:javascriptᨀ:
Char:7424,Link:javascriptᴀ:
Char:7936,Link:javascriptἀ:
Char:7944,Link:javascriptἈ:
Char:11520,Link:javascriptⴀ:
Char:12544,Link:javascript:
Char:13312,Link:javascript㐀:
Char:13568,Link:javascript㔀:
Char:13824,Link:javascript㘀:
Char:14080,Link:javascript㜀:
Char:14336,Link:javascript㠀:
Char:14592,Link:javascript㤀:
Char:14848,Link:javascript㨀:
Char:15104,Link:javascript㬀:
Char:15360,Link:javascript㰀:
Char:15616,Link:javascript㴀:
Char:15872,Link:javascript㸀:
Char:16128,Link:javascript㼀:
Char:16384,Link:javascript䀀:
Char:16640,Link:javascript䄀:
Char:16896,Link:javascript䈀:
Char:17152,Link:javascript䌀:
Char:17408,Link:javascript䐀:
Char:17664,Link:javascript䔀:
Char:17920,Link:javascript䘀:
Char:18176,Link:javascript䜀:
Char:18432,Link:javascript䠀:
Char:18688,Link:javascript䤀:
Char:18944,Link:javascript䨀:
Char:19200,Link:javascript䬀:
Char:19456,Link:javascript䰀:
Char:19712,Link:javascript䴀:
Char:19968,Link:javascript一:
Char:20224,Link:javascript伀:
Char:20480,Link:javascript倀:
Char:20736,Link:javascript儀:
Char:20992,Link:javascript刀:
Char:21248,Link:javascript匀:
Char:21504,Link:javascript吀:
Char:21760,Link:javascript唀:
Char:22016,Link:javascript嘀:
Char:22272,Link:javascript圀:
Char:22528,Link:javascript堀:
Char:22784,Link:javascript夀:
Char:23040,Link:javascript娀:
Char:23296,Link:javascript嬀:
Char:23552,Link:javascript尀:
Char:23808,Link:javascript崀:
Char:24064,Link:javascript帀:
Char:24320,Link:javascript开:
Char:24576,Link:javascript怀:
Char:24832,Link:javascript愀:
Char:25088,Link:javascript戀:
Char:25344,Link:javascript挀:
Char:25600,Link:javascript搀:
Char:25856,Link:javascript攀:
Char:26112,Link:javascript昀:
Char:26368,Link:javascript最:
Char:26624,Link:javascript栀:
Char:26880,Link:javascript椀:
Char:27136,Link:javascript樀:
Char:27392,Link:javascript欀:
Char:27648,Link:javascript氀:
Char:27904,Link:javascript洀:
Char:28160,Link:javascript渀:
Char:28416,Link:javascript漀:
Char:28672,Link:javascript瀀:
Char:28928,Link:javascript焀:
Char:29184,Link:javascript爀:
Char:29440,Link:javascript猀:
Char:29696,Link:javascript琀:
Char:29952,Link:javascript甀:
Char:30208,Link:javascript瘀:
Char:30464,Link:javascript眀:
Char:30720,Link:javascript砀:
Char:30976,Link:javascript礀:
Char:31232,Link:javascript稀:
Char:31488,Link:javascript笀:
Char:31744,Link:javascript簀:
Char:32000,Link:javascript紀:
Char:32256,Link:javascript縀:
Char:32512,Link:javascript缀:
Char:32768,Link:javascript耀:
Char:33024,Link:javascript脀:
Char:33280,Link:javascript舀:
Char:33536,Link:javascript茀:
Char:33792,Link:javascript萀:
Char:34048,Link:javascript蔀:
Char:34304,Link:javascript蘀:
Char:34560,Link:javascript蜀:
Char:34816,Link:javascript蠀:
Char:35072,Link:javascript褀:
Char:35328,Link:javascript言:
Char:35584,Link:javascript謀:
Char:35840,Link:javascript谀:
Char:36096,Link:javascript贀:
Char:36352,Link:javascript踀:
Char:36608,Link:javascript輀:
Char:36864,Link:javascript退:
Char:37120,Link:javascript鄀:
Char:37376,Link:javascript鈀:
Char:37632,Link:javascript錀:
Char:37888,Link:javascript鐀:
Char:38144,Link:javascript销:
Char:38400,Link:javascript阀:
Char:38656,Link:javascript需:
Char:38912,Link:javascript頀:
Char:39168,Link:javascript餀:
Char:39424,Link:javascript騀:
Char:39680,Link:javascript鬀:
Char:39936,Link:javascript鰀:
Char:40192,Link:javascript鴀:
Char:40448,Link:javascript鸀:
Char:40704,Link:javascript鼀:
Char:40960,Link:javascriptꀀ:
Char:41216,Link:javascriptꄀ:
Char:41472,Link:javascriptꈀ:
Char:41728,Link:javascriptꌀ:
Char:41984,Link:javascriptꐀ:
Char:43008,Link:javascriptꠀ:
Char:44032,Link:javascript가:
Char:44288,Link:javascript관:
Char:44544,Link:javascript글:
Char:44800,Link:javascript꼀:
Char:45056,Link:javascript뀀:
Char:45312,Link:javascript넀:
Char:45568,Link:javascript눀:
Char:45824,Link:javascript대:
Char:46080,Link:javascript됀:
Char:46336,Link:javascript딀:
Char:46592,Link:javascript똀:
Char:46848,Link:javascript뜀:
Char:47104,Link:javascript렀:
Char:47360,Link:javascript뤀:
Char:47616,Link:javascript먀:
Char:47872,Link:javascript묀:
Char:48128,Link:javascript밀:
Char:48384,Link:javascript봀:
Char:48640,Link:javascript븀:
Char:48896,Link:javascript뼀:
Char:49152,Link:javascript쀀:
Char:49408,Link:javascript섀:
Char:49664,Link:javascript숀:
Char:49920,Link:javascript쌀:
Char:50176,Link:javascript쐀:
Char:50432,Link:javascript씀:
Char:50688,Link:javascript였:
Char:50944,Link:javascript윀:
Char:51200,Link:javascript저:
Char:51456,Link:javascript준:
Char:51712,Link:javascript쨀:
Char:51968,Link:javascript쬀:
Char:52224,Link:javascript찀:
Char:52480,Link:javascript촀:
Char:52736,Link:javascript츀:
Char:52992,Link:javascript케:
Char:53248,Link:javascript퀀:
Char:53504,Link:javascript턀:
Char:53760,Link:javascript툀:
Char:54016,Link:javascript팀:
Char:54272,Link:javascript퐀:
Char:54528,Link:javascript픀:
Char:54784,Link:javascript혀:
Char:55040,Link:javascript휀:
```
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