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CVE-2009-2797
The WebKit component in Safari in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1, and iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, does not remove usernames and…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.9%
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- mitre
Description
The WebKit component in Safari in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1, and iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, does not remove usernames and passwords from URLs sent in Referer headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading Referer logs on a web server.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- MDVSA-2011:039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 43068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1006-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 41856 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ipod-ipone-referer-info-disclosure(53187) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 36339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-09-09-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 36677 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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