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CVE-2006-5037 (GCVE-0-2006-5037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-09-27 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:32 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
MySource Matrix after 3.8 allows remote attackers to use the application as an HTTP proxy server via a MIME encoded URL in the sq_content_src parameter to access arbitrary sites with the server's IP address and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. NOTE: the researcher reports that "The vendor does not consider this a vulnerability.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.aushack.com/advisories/200607-mysource… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446722/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1635 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/22060 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-09-22 00:00
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