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
Published Oct 21, 2006
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.53%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.53% 0.01528
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01528
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.53% (0.01528) | 73.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.51% (0.01512) | 71.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.10% (0.01098) | 76.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.90% (0.01900) | 89.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2024 | 1.90% (0.01900) | 88.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 16, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01546) | 85.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 1.66% (0.01658) | 86.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 24, 2023 | 1.38% (0.01379) | 84.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01409) | 84.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 0.80% (0.00804) | 79.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2023 | 0.91% (0.00914) | 80.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00779) | 78.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.91% (0.00910) | 80.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22395 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22395 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 21, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 20, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5442
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a