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PHProxy XSS

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of a PHProxy XSS

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running PHProxy, a web HTTP proxy written in PHP.

There is a bug in the remote version software which makes it vulnerable to
HTML and JavaScript injection.

A possible hacker may use this bug to preform web cache poisoning, xss attack, etc.

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

Networks Security ID: 12115

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Noam Rathaus

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