CVE-2007-0768 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.8% (pctl 78)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Contact Details functionality in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.209 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URI in the SRC attribute of an IMG element to the (1) First Name, (2) Last Name, and (3) Nickname fields. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.83% — more likely to be exploited than 78% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| yahoo | messenger |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Yahoo! Messenger 8.0 - Notification Message HTML Injection | 2007-01-26 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/31674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23928
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458225/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458305/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458494/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22269
- http://osvdb.org/31674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23928
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458225/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458305/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458494/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22269
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