CVE-2005-4831

Published Mar 3, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
viewcvs in ViewCVS 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to set the Content-Type header to arbitrary values via the content-type parameter, which can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and other attacks, as demonstrated using (1) "text/html", or (2) "image/jpeg" with an image that is rendered as HTML by Internet Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1062. NOTE: it was later reported that 0.9.4 is also affected.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4824 viewcvs in ViewCVS 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to set the Content-Type header to arbitrary values via the content-type parameter, which can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and other attacks, as demonstrated using (1) "text/html", or (2) "image/jpeg" with an image that is rendered as HTML by Internet Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1062. NOTE: it was later reported that 0.9.4 is also affected.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 12:01 AM
Reserved
Mar 3, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 31, 2005, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:19 PM