Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7 WebKit Universal cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7. This impacts an unknown function of the component WebKit. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Universal). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-9925. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7 (Smartwatch Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Universal). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was presented 07/15/2020 as HT211291 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9925. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241427 (RHEL 7 : webkitgtk4 (RHSA-2025:10364)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.2.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (241427). See VDB-158600, VDB-158606, VDB-158607 and VDB-158608 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Universal
Class: Cross site scripting / Universal
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 241427
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : webkitgtk4 (RHSA-2025:10364)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 6.2.8

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03/02/2020 🔍
07/15/2020 +135 days 🔍
07/15/2020 +0 days 🔍
07/16/2020 +1 days 🔍
07/08/2025 +1817 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT211291
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-9925 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9925
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158618
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2020 20:21
Updated: 07/08/2025 00:01
Changes: 07/16/2020 20:21 (46), 07/16/2020 20:26 (2), 11/03/2020 15:42 (2), 11/03/2020 15:47 (8), 07/08/2025 00:01 (19)
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