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Fusion News X-Forwarded-For Code Injection Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for X-Forwarded-For code injection vulnerability in Fusion News

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is susceptible to
arbitrary code injection.

Description :

The version of Fusion News installed on the remote host suffers from a
flaw that permits a remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code within
the context of the web server userid.

See also :

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/fusion.php

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 7
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 13661

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