01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-10-21 00:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-10-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2696a582ebd6f277b48264f5ec9e4bc24785f1cffdbd56b3b8a67e3ea8571b43
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20061015 Advisory 10/2006: ViewVC Undefined Charset UTF-7 XSS Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
- viewvc.tigris.org[announce] 20061013 ViewVC 1.0.3 released [SECURITY FIXES]http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
- www.hardened-php.nethttp://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
- securityreason.com1755http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
- secunia.com22395http://secunia.com/advisories/22395
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comviewvc-utf7-xss(29576)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
- viewvc.tigris.orghttp://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
- www.securityfocus.com20543http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543