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CVE-2007-0478
WebCore on Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.10, as used in Safari, does not properly parse HTML comments in TITLE elements, which allows…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
WebCore on Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.10, as used in Safari, does not properly parse HTML comments in TITLE elements, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and bypass some XSS protection schemes by embedding certain HTML tags within an HTML comment.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- ADV-2007-2732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23893 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070123 Safari Improperly Parses HTML Documents & BlogSpot XSS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 32712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1018494 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- safari-html-comment-xss(31846) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 26235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0476 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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