Universal cross-site scripting in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2025-43229
Published: July 30, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113511
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43229
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
macOS
Apple Safari
WPE WebKit
macOS
Apple Safari
How to mitigate CVE-2025-43229
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 15.6 24G84
Apple Safari - update to 18.6
Apple Safari - update to 18.6