CVE-ID |
CVE-2005-4831
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• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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Description |
viewcvs in ViewCVS 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to set the Content-Type header to arbitrary values via the content-type parameter, which can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and other attacks, as demonstrated using (1) "text/html", or (2) "image/jpeg" with an image that is rendered as HTML by Internet Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1062. NOTE: it was later reported that 0.9.4 is also affected.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
MITRE Corporation |
Date Record Created |
20070303 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20070303) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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