CVE-2006-5442

N/A Unknown

Published: October 21, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22395

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22395