MEDIUM
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
Published Jan 25, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.67%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.67% 0.01671
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01671
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.67% (0.01671) | 75.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.62% (0.01619) | 72.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 3.76% (0.03756) | 87.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 13, 2025 | 2.54% (0.02540) | 84.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.93% (0.00929) | 74.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.94% (0.01942) | 88.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00682) | 79.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00579) | 77.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 13, 2024 | 1.01% (0.01011) | 83.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 5, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01032) | 82.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 28, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00352) | 68.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00278) | 64.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 13, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00246) | 61.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00272) | 63.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 21, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00262) | 62.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 63.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00319) | 65.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://osvdb.org/32712 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23893 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018494 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31846 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://osvdb.org/32712 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23893 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018494 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31846 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 25, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 24, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0478
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a