Apple watchOS up to 6.2.8 WebKit cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 6.2.8. The affected element is an unknown function of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-9952. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple watchOS up to 6.2.8 (Smartwatch Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity.

The weakness was published 09/16/2020 by Ryan Pickren as HT211844 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-9952. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation.

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 7.0 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). Similar entries are available at VDB-161360, VDB-161362, VDB-161363 and VDB-161364. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Smartwatch Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• watchOS

Version

• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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