What is CVE-2011-3046?

CVE-2011-3046 is a vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-03-09.

Is CVE-2011-3046 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Apple Iphone OS

CVE-2011-3046

The extension subsystem in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.78 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a "Universal XSS (UXSS)" issue.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2012-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.048 (91.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.048 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/52369 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
plus.google.com/u/0/116651741222993143554/posts/5Eq5d9XgFqs (Vendor Advisory, Permissions Required)
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-channel-update.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/48527 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/kb/HT5282 (Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/48419 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-3046?: CVE-2011-3046 is a vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-03-09.
Is CVE-2011-3046 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.