CVE-2006-3918

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
91.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: July 28, 2006 (7230 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

http_protocol.c in (1) IBM HTTP Server 6.0 before 6.0.2.13 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.1, and (2) Apache HTTP Server 1.3 before 1.3.35, 2.0 before 2.0.58, and 2.2 before 2.2.2, does not sanitize the Expect header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in an error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks using web client components that can send arbitrary headers in requests, as demonstrated using a Flash SWF file.

CWE

CWE-79

Affected Products

apache http serverdebian debian linuxcanonical ubuntu linuxredhat enterprise linux serverredhat enterprise linux workstation

References

🔗 patches.sgi.com 🔗 archives.neohapsis.com 🔗 archives.neohapsis.com 🔗 kb.vmware.com 🔗 lists.opensuse.org