CVE-2008-0454

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 25.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the Internet Explorer web control in Skype 3.6.0.244, and earlier 3.5.x and 3.6.x versions, on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the Local Machine Zone via the Title field of a (1) Dailymotion and possibly (2) Metacafe movie in the Skype video gallery, accessible through a search within the "Add video to chat" dialog, aka "videomood XSS."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: all versions
Skype Technologies Skype: through 3.6.0.244; 3.5, 3.6

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0337.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0363.html
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/17/SkypeCrosszoneScriptingVulnerability.aspx
http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2008/01/skype_cross_zone_scripting_vul.html
http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.html
http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001.html
http://www.critical.lt/?opinions/show/1470
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/vulnerabilities-in-skype
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/248184
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486512/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27338
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0194

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