# CVE-2006-1681: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML vi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2006-04-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed request that generates an HTTP 400 error, which is not properly handled when the error message is generated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430385/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19587
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1292
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25698
- http://www.osvdb.org/24469
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2006/CVE-2006-1681.yaml

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