CVE-2008-1009

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 JavaScript by modifying the history object.

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/28337
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/41322
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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