CVE-2024-44309
Apple Multiple Products Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 12 December 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.1.1, iOS 17.7.2 and iPadOS 17.7.2, iOS 18.1.1 and iPadOS 18.1.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1.1, visionOS 2.1.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 21.95% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 21 November 2024 · due 12 December 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · apple/safari · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/visionos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 21.9% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://support.apple.com/en-us/121752, https://support.apple.com/en-us/121753, https://support.apple.com/en-us/121754, https://support.apple.com/en-us/121755, https://support.apple.com/en-us/121756 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44309
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121752Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121753Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121754Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121755Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121756Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00003.htmlMailing List
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-44309US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.