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title: "CVE-2006-5453\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-5453

Publication date 23 October 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Bugzilla 2.18.x
before 2.18.6, 2.20.x before 2.20.3, 2.22.x before 2.22.1, and 2.23.x
before 2.23.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web
script or HTML via (1) page headers using the H1, H2, and H3 HTML tags in
global/header.html.tmpl, (2) description fields of certain items in various
edit cgi scripts, and (3) the id parameter in showdependencygraph.cgi.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bugzilla | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.22.1-2 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.22.1-2 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.22.1-2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.22.1-2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.22.1-2 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.22.1-2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5453)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5453)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-5453)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5453)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5453>
