CVE-2011-0169

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0.4, when the Web Inspector is used, does not properly handle the window.console._inspectorCommandLineAPI property, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 5.0.3; 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0-beta2, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2 (+57)
Apple Webkit: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46809
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025183
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66006
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46809
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025183
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66006

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