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Vulnerability Assessment Details

IIS 5.0 Sample App vulnerable to cross-site scripting attack

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
IIS 5.0 Sample App vulnerable to cross-site scripting attack

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The script /iissamples/sdk/asp/interaction/Form_JScript.asp
(or Form_VBScript.asp) permits you to insert information into a form
field and once submitted re-displays the page, printing the text you entered.
This .asp doesn't perform any input validation, and hence you can input a
string like:
.

More information on cross-site scripting attacks can be found at:

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html

Solution: Always remove sample applications from productions servers.
In this case, remove the entire /iissamples folder.
Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Matt Moore

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