Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-0242

Title: Apple Webkit Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-0242.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Jul 21, 2011

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-0242: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a URL that contains a username.

Impacted Vendors

apple 2

webkit 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-0242 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.

July 21, 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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.