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ASPjar Guestbook SQL Injection

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of an SQL injection in login.asp

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running ASPJar's GuestBook, a guestbook
application written in ASP.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a SQL
injection vulnerability which permits a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary SQL statements against the remote DB.

It is also vulnerable to an input validation vulnerability which
may permit a possible hacker to perform a cross site scripting attack using
the remote host.

Solution : Delete this application.
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 12521, 12823

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Noam Rathaus

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