Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, as used on iPhone OS before 3.1, iPhone OS before 3.1.1 fo…

published 2009-07-09 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1719

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.2%; EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, as used on iPhone OS before 3.1, iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, and other platforms, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to parent and top objects.

Patch / fix

links 2

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT3666 advisory

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-1724 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 4.3

kdelibs: possible XSS vulnerability

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

2009-05-19 First public exploit (EDB-33047)
2009-07-09 Published

Exploit prediction

6.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-33047 WebKit - 'parent/top' Cross Domain Scripting remote, 2009-05-19
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35441 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html
vendor-advisory, patch
support.apple.com /kb/HT3666
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/35441
vdb-entry, exploit
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
vendor-advisory
lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
vendor-advisory
secunia.com /advisories/43068
third-party-advisory
vupen.com /english/advisories/2011/0212
vdb-entry
vupen.com /english/advisories/2009/1827
vdb-entry
osvdb.org /55738
vdb-entry
oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6208
vdb-entry, signature
securitytracker.com /id?1022525
vdb-entry
secunia.com /advisories/36677
third-party-advisory
support.apple.com /kb/HT3860
secunia.com /advisories/35758
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2009-1724
NVD CVE-2009-1724

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Summary