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ColdFusion Error Processing Request Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for an XSS flaw in ColdFusion

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack.

Description :

The remote web server fails to sanitize user-supplied input to the
User-Agent header before using it to generate dynamic content in an
error page. An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to
leverage this issue to inject arbitrary HTML or script code into a
user's browser to be executed within the security context of the
affected site.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459178/30/0/threaded

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:N/I:P/A:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 22401

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