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TI-2006-05254 Aliases CVE-2006-5442GHSA-p7mp-7p75-jhf5

ViewVC 1.0.2 and earlier does not specify a charset in its HTTP headers or HTML…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01528 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.0.2Vulnerableviewvc
  • cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·viewvc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5442
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p7mp-7p75-jhf5

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2025-33984 ViewVC's standalone server exposes arbitrary server filesystem content CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-08713 ViewVC XSS vulnerability in revision view changed path "copyfrom" locations CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2010-00005 query.py in the query interface in ViewVC before 1.1.3 does not reject configurations… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-05516 viewvc 1.0.3 allows improper access control to files in a repository when using the "forbidden" configuration option. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-03857 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2023-08706 ViewVC XSS vulnerability in revision view changed paths CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
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Sources

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