{"cve":"CVE-2005-4831","nvd":{"published":"2005-12-31T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:19:32.093","status":"Modified","description":"viewcvs in ViewCVS 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to set the Content-Type header to arbitrary values via the content-type parameter, which can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and other attacks, as demonstrated using (1) \"text/html\", or (2) \"image/jpeg\" with an image that is rendered as HTML by Internet Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1062.  NOTE: it was later reported that 0.9.4 is also affected.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/030514.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461382/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12112","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017704","http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/030514.html"],"products":["viewcvs:viewcvs"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-4831","score":0.01123,"percentile":0.66243,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}