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CVE-2006-5442

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 1.54%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-10-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. It affects Java. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2006-5442
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
1.54%
Java

Original NVD 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.