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    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.

    Published:Oct 21, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 21, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.01464
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Viewvc
    Product
    Viewvc

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/22395
    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
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22395
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High