Apple Safari/visionOS/iOS/iPadOS up to 26.0 Website clickjacking

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Safari, visionOS, iOS and iPadOS up to 26.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Website Handler. This manipulation causes clickjacking. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-43493. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari, visionOS, iOS and iPadOS up to 26.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Website Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a clickjacking vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-451. The user interface (UI) does not properly represent critical information to the user, allowing the information - or its source - to be obscured or spoofed. This is often a component in phishing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, Safari 26.1, iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, visionOS 26.1. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-43493 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/18/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1566.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 26.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2480). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Apple Safari

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• Web Browser

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• Apple

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• iOS
• iPadOS
• Safari
• visionOS

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• 26.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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