FKIE_CVE-2007-0478

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-01-25 00:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:35
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/32712
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23893Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26235Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018494
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31846
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/32712
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23893Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1018494
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31846
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mac_os_x 10.3.9
apple mac_os_x 10.4.10
apple safari *
apple webcore *
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