CVE-2016-4618

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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)."

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 9.3.5
Apple Safari: 9.1.3

References

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
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

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