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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-5442
ViewVC 1.0.2 and earlier does not specify a charset in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22395
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
October 21st, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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