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.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/22395	Vendor 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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-10-21 00:07

Updated : 2018-10-17 21:42

NVD link : CVE-2006-5442

Mitre link : CVE-2006-5442

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-5442

JSON object : View

Products Affected

viewvc

viewvc

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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