CVE-2008-0454
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 25.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0464)
- Published
- January 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0464 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
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(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486512/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27338
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0194
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39754
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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