CVE-2011-0160: Apple iPhone OS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.4 and iOS before 4.3, does not properly handle redirects in conjunction with HTTP Basic Authentication, which might allow remote web servers to capture credentials by logging the Authorization HTTP header.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 4.2; version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.2 only; version 1.1.0 only; version 1.1.1 only; …
• Apple Safari: up to and including 5.0.3; version 1.0 only; version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.0b1 only; version 1.0.0b2 only; version 1.0.1 only; …
• Apple Webkit: any version

Published 2011-03-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.