Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-40785

Medium

Published: 29 July 2024

Published
29 July 2024
Modified
02 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0053 67.7th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40785 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 32.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead…

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to a cross site scripting attack.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apple
iphone os
≤ 16.7.9 · 17.0 — 17.6
apple
ipados
≤ 16.7.9 · 17.0 — 17.6
apple
safari
≤ 17.6
apple
watchos
≤ 10.6
apple
tvos
≤ 17.6
apple
visionos
≤ 1.3
apple
macos
≤ 14.6

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References