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CVE-2016-4758

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4758 is a vulnerability in WebKit affecting Apple iOS before version 10, iTunes before 12.5.1 on Windows, and Safari before version 10. It allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by crafting a malicious website that bypasses restrictions on the location variable. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high confidentiality impact (C:H). While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 12.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00012.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
mksben.l0.cm / 2016/09/safari-uxss-showModalDialog.html
support.apple.com / HT207143
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207157
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207158
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93066
securitytracker.com / id/1036854