CVE-2019-8551

17

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8551 is a universal cross-site scripting (UXSS) vulnerability stemming from a logic issue with insufficient validation when processing maliciously crafted web content. This flaw affects Apple's iOS, tvOS, Safari, iTunes for Windows, and iCloud for Windows. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L, I:L) if exploited. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 7.11CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud::::::windows::*
		< 12.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes::::::windows::*
		< 12.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari::::::::
		< 12.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
		< 12.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

2.7

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.10%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

62.2%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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, 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (33)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: webkit2gtk3-0:2.24.3-1.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: webkitgtk4-0:2.28.2-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: accountsservice-0:0.6.50-7.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: appstream-data-0:8-20190805.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: baobab-0:3.28.0-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: chrome-gnome-shell-0:10.1-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: evince-0:3.28.4-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: file-roller-0:3.28.1-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gdm-1:3.28.3-22.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gjs-0:1.56.2-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-control-center-0:3.28.2-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-desktop3-0:3.32.2-1.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-remote-desktop-0:0.1.6-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-settings-daemon-0:3.32.0-4.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-shell-0:3.32.2-9.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-shell-extensions-0:3.32.1-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-software-0:3.30.6-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-tweaks-0:3.28.1-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gsettings-desktop-schemas-0:3.32.0-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gtk3-0:3.22.30-4.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gvfs-0:1.36.2-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mozjs60-0:60.9.0-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mutter-0:3.32.2-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nautilus-0:3.28.1-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pango-0:1.42.4-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pidgin-0:2.13.0-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: plymouth-0:0.9.3-15.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: SDL-0:1.2.15-35.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: wayland-protocols-0:1.17-1.el8

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: webkitgtk

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: webkitgtk3

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-8551Moderate

webkitgtk: malicious web content leads to cross site scripting

References

support.apple.com / HT209599

Vendor Advisory

support.apple.com / HT209601

Vendor Advisory

support.apple.com / HT209603

Vendor Advisory

support.apple.com / HT209604

Vendor Advisory

support.apple.com / HT209605

Vendor Advisory