CVE-2015-5828

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: 2015-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The API in the WebKit Plug-ins component in Apple Safari before 9 does not provide notification of an HTTP Redirection (aka 3xx) status code to a plugin, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended request restrictions via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 8.0.8
openSUSE Leap: 42.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00054.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79707
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033688
https://support.apple.com/HT205265
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00054.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79707
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033688
https://support.apple.com/HT205265

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