CVE-2008-1006

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebCore, as used in Apple Safari before 3.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by using the window.open function to change the security context of a web page.

Affected products

Apple Safari: 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (+10)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307563
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29393
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28290
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28332
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019653
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0920/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41326
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307563
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29393

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