CVE-2006-5442
N/A
Published: October 21, 2006 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorViewvc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22395Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=truex_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEADMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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