CVE-2007-2401
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.071 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-30228Apple WebCore - XMLHTTPRequest Cross-Site Scriptingfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (5)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (30)
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- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305759enisa_euvd
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173enisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Jun/msg00003.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/36449enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25786enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26287enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/845708enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472198/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
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