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Interchange < 5.0.2 / 5.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for multiple vulnerabilities in Interchange < 5.0.2 / 5.2.1

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server uses an application server that may be prone to
SQL injection or cross-site scripting attacks.

Description :

The remote host appears to be running Interchange, an open-source
application server that handles state management, authentication,
session maintenance, click trails, filtering, URL encodings, and
security policy.

According to its banner, the installed version of Interchange fails to
sanitize input passed through to the 'forum/submit.html' page, which
may lead to either SQL injection or cross-site scripting attacks.

See also :

http://www.nessus.org/u?c36476c6
http://www.nessus.org/u?354ffb6a

Solution :

Upgrade to Interchange 5.0.2 / 5.2.1 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14931

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