PT-2005-5492 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2005-4831

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ViewCVS versions 0.9.2 through 0.9.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to set the Content-Type header to arbitrary values via the content-type parameter. This can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and other attacks by setting the Content-Type header to values such as "text/html" or "image/jpeg", which can be rendered as HTML by certain browsers like Internet Explorer.

Recommendations For ViewCVS versions 0.9.2 through 0.9.4, consider restricting access to the content-type parameter to prevent arbitrary header setting until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the content-type parameter in sensitive operations.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4831

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/12112 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4831 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4831 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/461382/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/030514.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017704 · Note