CVE-2015-1156: Apple iPhone OS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The page-loading implementation in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.2.6, 7.x before 7.1.6, and 8.x before 8.0.6, does not properly handle the rel attribute in an A element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy for a link's target, and spoof the user interface, via a crafted web site.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 8.3
• Apple Safari: up to and including 6.2.5; version 7.0 only; version 7.0.1 only; version 7.0.2 only; version 7.0.3 only; version 7.0.4 only; …

Published 2015-05-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.