Universal cross-site scripting in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-32445
Published: July 31, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78776
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-2023-32445
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 in WebKit. 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 arbitrary website.
Affected software
WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
watchOS
macOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Apple Safari
WPE WebKit
watchOS
macOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Apple Safari
How to mitigate CVE-2023-32445
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
watchOS - update to 9.6 20U73
macOS - update to 13.5 22G74
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.6
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.6 20G75
Apple Safari - update to 16.6
tvOS - update to 16.6
macOS - update to 13.5 22G74
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.6
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.6 20G75
Apple Safari - update to 16.6
tvOS - update to 16.6
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 15 and iPadOS 15
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS