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.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- Cherokee HTTPD <=0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting http/cves/2006/CVE-2006-1681.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- 20060406 XSS Bug in Cherokee Webserver mailing-list
- 17408 vdb-entry
- 19587 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-1292 vdb-entry
- cherokee-handlererror-xss(25698) vdb-entry
- 24469 vdb-entry
- GLSA-202012-09 vendor-advisory