CVE-2016-4618 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari Reader in Apple iOS before 10 and Safari before 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Iphone Os Subscribe Safari Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:9.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5604	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari Reader in Apple iOS before 10 and Safari before 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93053
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036854
https://support.apple.com/HT207143
https://support.apple.com/HT207157

History

No history.

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2016-09-25T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.837Z

Reserved: 2016-05-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4618

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-25T10:59:01.233

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4618

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2016-09-20T00:00:00", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari Reader in Apple iOS before 10 and Safari before 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka \"Universal XSS (UXSS).\""}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-07-29T09:57:01", "orgId": "286789f9-fbc2-4510-9f9a-43facdede74c", "shortName": "apple"}, "references": [{"name": "APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-3", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_APPLE"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207157"}, {"name": "93053", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93053"}, {"name": "1036854", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK"], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036854"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207143"}, {"name": "APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-2", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_APPLE"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.html"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "product-security@apple.com", "ID": "CVE-2016-4618", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari Reader in Apple iOS before 10 and Safari before 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka \"Universal XSS (UXSS).\""}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-3", "refsource": "APPLE", "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html"}, {"name": "https://support.apple.com/HT207157", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207157"}, {"name": "93053", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93053"}, {"name": "1036854", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036854"}, {"name": "https://support.apple.com/HT207143", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207143"}, {"name": "APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-2", "refsource": "APPLE", "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.html"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T00:32:25.837Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-3", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_APPLE", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207157"}, {"name": "93053", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93053"}, {"name": "1036854", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036854"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207143"}, {"name": "APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-2", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_APPLE", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.html"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "286789f9-fbc2-4510-9f9a-43facdede74c", "assignerShortName": "apple", "cveId": "CVE-2016-4618", "datePublished": "2016-09-25T10:00:00", "dateReserved": "2016-05-11T00:00:00", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T00:32:25.837Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "910B5A3B-1AB7-498A-83A6-38F6FB002CFD", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "5133BB4B-15AA-4F2F-B469-C5BD71FCE9C8", "versionEndIncluding": "9.3.5", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari Reader in Apple iOS before 10 and Safari before 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka \"Universal XSS (UXSS).\""}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Vulnerabilidad de XSS en Safari Reader en Apple iOS en versiones anteriores a 10 y Safari en versiones anteriores a 10 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a trav\u00e9s de un sitio web manipulado, vulnerabilidad tambi\u00e9n conocida como \"Universal XSS (UXSS)\"."}], "id": "CVE-2016-4618", "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 4.3, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": true}], "cvssMetricV30": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 6.1, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "version": "3.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 2.7, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2016-09-25T10:59:01.233", "references": [{"source": "product-security@apple.com", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.html"}, {"source": "product-security@apple.com", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html"}, {"source": "product-security@apple.com", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93053"}, {"source": "product-security@apple.com", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036854"}, {"source": "product-security@apple.com", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207143"}, {"source": "product-security@apple.com", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207157"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93053"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036854"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207143"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://support.apple.com/HT207157"}], "sourceIdentifier": "product-security@apple.com", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}