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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 25.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.2% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- skype-addvideotochat-code-execution(39754) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080117 Skype videomood XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.critical.lt/?opinions/show/1470 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080117 RE: Skype videomood XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/17/SkypeCrosszoneScriptingVulnerability.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080117 Re: Skype videomood XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 27338 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#248184 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/vulnerabilities-in-skype (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2008/01/skype_cross_zone_scripting_vul.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0194 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0464 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-0454)Record last updated .