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Webfroot shoutbox file inclusion

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Searches for the existence of shoutbox.php Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by directory traversal and code injection vulnerabilities. Description : The remote host is running Webfroot Shoutbox, a PHP application that permits website visitors to leave one another messages. The version of Webfroot Shoutbox installed on the remote host permits a possible hacker to read arbitrary files and possibly to inject arbitrary PHP code into the remote host and gain a shell with the rights of the web server. See also : http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0090.html http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/expanded.pl http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/shoutbox/shoutbox/docs/readme.txt?rev=1.2&view=markup Solution : Upgrade to the Shoutbox 2.35 or later. Network Security Threat Level: High / CVSS Base Score : 7 (AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N) Networks Security ID: 7737, 7746, 7772, 7775 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Tenable Network Security

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