Apple watchOS Web cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Web Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-40785. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Web Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-40785 since 07/10/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212176 (Apple Safari 17.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120913)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212176). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 212176
Nessus Name: Apple Safari 17.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120913)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/10/2024 🔍
07/30/2024 +20 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-40785 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-40785
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-272978

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2024 10:16
Updated: 04/04/2026 11:04
Changes: 07/30/2024 10:16 (54), 07/31/2024 09:26 (1), 08/16/2024 04:23 (12), 12/09/2024 17:20 (2), 03/16/2025 13:08 (3), 04/04/2026 11:04 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:C00:103

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