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Vulnerability Assessment Details

CMSimple index.php guestbook XSS

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for XSS in guestbook module in index.php

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running CMSimple, a CMS written in PHP.

The version of CMSimple installed on the remote host is prone to
cross-site scripting attacks due to its failure to sanitize
user-supplied input to both the search and guestbook modules.

See also : http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Jan/1012926.html
Solution : Upgrade to version 2.4 Beta 5 or higher.
Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 12303

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2005 Josh Zlatin-Amishav

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