Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-0169

Title: Apple Webkit Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-0169.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Mar 11, 2011

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-0169: WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0.4, when the Web Inspector is used, does not properly handle the window.console._inspectorCommandLineAPI property, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

Impacted Vendors

apple 2

webkit 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46809 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025183 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66006 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46809 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025183 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66006

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-0169 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 11, 2011 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.