CVE-2009-0162Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari before 3.2.3, and 4 Public Beta, on Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 and Windows…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari before 3.2.3, and 4 Public Beta, on Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 and Windows allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted feed: URL.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apple Safari 3.2.2 - 'feed:' URI Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32994remote, multiplepublished 12 May 2009Verified
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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)
- 5.4% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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
References13
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- safari-feedurl-code-execution(50476) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 35056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 34925 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA09-133A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3550 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1022206 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2009-0171 (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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