VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-5442
ViewVC 1.0.2 and earlier does not specify a charset in its HTTP headers or HTML documents, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that inject arbitrary UTF-7 encoded JavaScript code via a view.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 1.54%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ViewVC 1.0.2 and earlier does not specify a charset in its HTTP headers or HTML documents, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that inject arbitrary UTF-7 encoded JavaScript code via a view.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.54% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- viewvc/viewvc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22395Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22395Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.