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Simple PHP Blog dir traversal

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Simple PHP Blog dir traversal

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host runs Simple PHP Blog, an open source blog written in PHP,
which permits for retrieval of arbitrary files from the web server.
These issues are due to a failure of the application to properly
sanitize user-supplied input data.

Solution: Upgrade at least to version 0.3.7 r2.
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 12193

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

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