How severe is CVE-2021-1879?

CVE-2021-1879 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). EPSS estimates a 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2021-1879: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS WebKit Cross-Site

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS WebKit Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2021-11-17

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1879

Description

This issue was addressed by improved management of object lifetimes. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.5.2, iOS 14.4.2 and iPadOS 14.4.2, watchOS 7.3.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA6.1 MEDIUM

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impactpartial

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <14.4
Apple	iOS	unspecified to <12.5
Apple	watchOS	unspecified to <7.3

References

3 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2021-04-02

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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