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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Greymatter gm.cgi HTML injection flaw

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks the version of the remote Greymatter

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is using Greymatter, an opensource weblogging and
journal software written in perl.

A vulnerability exists in this version which may permit
a possible hacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in
the context of the user's browser.

Solution : Upgrade to the latest version of this software
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 14703

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 David Maciejak

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