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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.8/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22395Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22395Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20543
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 21, 2006
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified