CVE-2006-5453 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Authenticated users can inject arbitrary scripts into Bugzilla pages, potentially stealing sessions or modifying data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-5453?
CVE-2006-5453 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 23 Oct 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Bugzilla 2.18.x before 2.18.6, 2.20.x before 2.20.3, 2.22.x before 2.22.1, and 2.23.x before 2.23.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) page headers using the H1, H2, and H3 HTML tags in global/header.html.tmpl, (2) description fields of certain items in various edit cgi scripts, and (3) the id parameter in showdependencygraph.cgi.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5453?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Bugzilla.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5453?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2006-5453 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5453 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Bugzilla
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v738-m6pc-6pgr.