CVE-2006-2420 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Remote attackers can execute cross-site scripting via RSS titles, requiring users to view feeds in vulnerable readers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-2420?
CVE-2006-2420 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 16 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Bugzilla 2.20rc1 through 2.20 and 2.21.1, when using RSS 1.0, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a title element with HTML encoded sequences such as ">", which are automatically decoded by some RSS readers. NOTE: this issue is not in Bugzilla itself, but rather due to design or documentation inconsistencies within RSS, or implementation vulnerabilities in RSS readers. While this issue normally would not be included in CVE, it is being identified since the Bugzilla developers have addressed it.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2420?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Bugzilla.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2420?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2006-2420 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2420 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Bugzilla
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w532-f824-3jqj.