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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Yahoo! Messenger 8.0 - Notification Message HTML Injection EDB-29531 · dos · Jan 26, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 22269 vdb-entry
- 20070126 Cross-site Scripting with Local Privilege Vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger mailing-list
- 20070127 RE: Cross-site Scripting with Local Privilege Vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger mailing-list
- 23928 third-party-advisory
- 31674 vdb-entry
- 20070127 Re: Cross-site Scripting with Local Privilege Vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger mailing-list