fkie_cve-2006-5442
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-10-21 00:07
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22395Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
cve@mitre.orghttp://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
cve@mitre.orghttp://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22395Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
viewvc viewvc *


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{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "D9D23550-3CE0-4F00-A359-88B2893E9D1F",
              "versionEndIncluding": "1.0.2",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "ViewVC 1.0.2 y anteriores no especifica un charset en su cabecera HTTP o documentos HTML, lo cual permite a un atacante remoto llevar a cabo un ataque de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados que inyectan c\u00f3digo JavaScript UTF-7 de su elecci\u00f3n a a trav\u00e9s de una vista."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2006-5442",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 6.8,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "impactScore": 6.4,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2006-10-21T00:07:00.000",
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      "url": "http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce\u0026msgNo=5\u0026raw=true"
    },
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    },
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


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