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FKIE_CVE-2006-5791

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-07 23:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:31
Severity
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via (1) the filename for downloading, which is not quoted in an error message by the send_file_direct function, and (2) the Type or Category values in a New entry, which is not properly handled in an error message by the submit_elog function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392016
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22638Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23580
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1242
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20881
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20882
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4315
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29986
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392016
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22638Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23580
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1242
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20881
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20882
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4315
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29986
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
stefan_ritt elog_web_logbook *
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