Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-40857

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, tvOS 18, visionOS 2, watchOS 11. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple Safari 0 – before 18
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18
Apple macOS 0 – before 15
Apple tvOS 0 – before 18
Apple visionOS 0 – before 2
Apple watchOS 0 – before 11

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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