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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...

6.8 Medium

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.

Exploit likelihood

1.53%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2006-5442
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2006-5442
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-5427No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2006-5427
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p7mp-7p75-jhf5No score

ViewVC 1.0.2 and earlier does not specify a charset in its HTTP headers or HTML documents, which...

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.

Record
GHSA-p7mp-7p75-jhf5
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2006-5442
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-5442 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Viewvc, published October 21, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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