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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-2401 · published 25 June 2007

CVE-2007-2401: Apple mac os x cross-site scripting vulnerability

Apple · Mac Os X

CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.1% · top 6.0% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
7.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
30References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305759
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Jun/msg00003.html Patch
http://osvdb.org/36449
http://secunia.com/advisories/25786 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26287 Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/845708 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472198/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24598 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018281 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2296
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2316
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2731
http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-07-0002.txt PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35017
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305759
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Jun/msg00003.html Patch
http://osvdb.org/36449
http://secunia.com/advisories/25786 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26287 Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/845708 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472198/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24598 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018281 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2296
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2316
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2731
http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-07-0002.txt PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35017

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-2401), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.