PT-2011-2217 · Apple · Safari

Jobert Abma · Published 2011-07-21 · Updated 2011-10-21 · CVE-2011-0242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Safari versions prior to 5.0.6

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a URL that contains a username. This can be achieved by manipulating the URL to include malicious script or HTML, potentially leading to unauthorized actions on the affected system.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.6, update to version 5.0.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to URLs that contain user-supplied input, such as username, to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0242

Affected Products

Safari

References · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0242 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0242 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0242 · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-0242 · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 · Note