CVE - CVE-2006-5442

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-5442	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:20543 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543 BUGTRAQ:20061015 Advisory 10/2006: ViewVC Undefined Charset UTF-7 XSS Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD MISC:http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html MLIST:[announce] 20061013 ViewVC 1.0.3 released [SECURITY FIXES] URL:http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true SECUNIA:22395 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22395 SREASON:1755 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755 XF:viewvc-utf7-xss(29576) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20061020	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061020)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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