CVE-2007-2401
CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone...
CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
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CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2007-2401- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2007-2401- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-2396 No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2007-2396- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mpp5-3g49-3p3w No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone...
CRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Record
GHSA-mpp5-3g49-3p3w- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Apple WebCore - XMLHTTPRequest Cross-Site Scripting | 2007-06-22 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, exploits, facts, references, title | Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-2401 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apple Mac Os X, published June 25, 2007. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.06%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2316
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35017
lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Jun/msg00003.html
secunia.com/advisories/25786
westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-07-0002.txt
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securityfocus.com/archive/1/472198/100/0/threaded
osvdb.org/36449
securitytracker.com/id?1018281
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/845708
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2401
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpp5-3g49-3p3w