CVE-2009-1689
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving submission of…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving submission of a form to the about:blank URL, leading to security-context replacement.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.66% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- apple/safari
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/54988
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022344
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35332
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/54988
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022344
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35332
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.