Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-4909

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco Guard DDoS Mitigation Appliance before 5.1(6), when anti-spoofing is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain character sequences in a URL that are not properly handled when the appliance sends a meta-refresh.

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Affected products

Cisco Systems, Inc./Guard Ddos Mitigation Appliance2 versions
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:guard_ddos_mitigation_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:guard_ddos_mitigation_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.1\(5\)
- (no CPE)range: <5.1(6)

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References

secunia.com/advisories/21962nvd
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060920-guardxss.shtmlnvd
www.osvdb.org/29035nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20122nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3720nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29057nvd

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