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

CVE-2006-5442

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 encoded JavaScript code via a view.

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Affected products

Viewvc/Viewvc2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.2
- (no CPE)range: <=1.0.2
osv-coords
pkg:deb/debian/viewvc?arch=source
Range: < 1.0.3-1

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References

secunia.com/advisories/22395nvdVendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/1755nvd
viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsgnvd
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGESnvd
www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576nvd

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