Unscored severity · published Oct 21, 2006
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…
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CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
Viewvc · Viewvc
through 1.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5442
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5442
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22395
www.hardened-php.net
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
securityreason.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
viewvc.tigris.org
http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
viewvc.tigris.org
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
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