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CVE-2007-0478

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0478 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apple WebCore, affecting Safari on Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.10. The flaw arises from improper parsing of HTML comments within TITLE elements, allowing attackers to embed malicious HTML tags and bypass XSS protections. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring user interaction (AC:M) but does not involve authentication (Au:N) and primarily impacts integrity (I:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:webcore:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
osvdb.org / 32712
secunia.com / advisories/23893
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26235
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/31846
beanfuzz.com / wordpress
securityfocus.com / archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/25159
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2732