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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0768 is rated Exploit Available (56.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.66%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29531 | exploit_db | edb | 2007-01-26 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-04-23 | 0.62% | 0.66% | +0.04% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.54% | 0.62% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2023-11-02 | — | 0.54% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
: Access Complexity: Successful exploitation requires that the attacker is in the messenger list of the target.