CVE-2009-1702

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to improper handling of Location and History objects.

Published: 2009-06-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1702 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.68%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1702

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1702

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.57% 2.68% +2.11%
2 2025-05-16 0.53% 0.57% +0.05%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.53% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1702

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1702

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1702

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2009-1702 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (qt4-x11, webkit), 18 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 10, ignored 5, needs-triage 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1702

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1702

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari <= 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:417.8:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:417.9:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:417.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:417.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.0b cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.1b cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.2b cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.3b cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.0.4b cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.1.0b cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipod_touch — cpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os — cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1702

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