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dasBlog HTML Injection Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of an XSS bug in dasBlog

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running dasBlog, a .NET blog system. It is reported that
versions up to and including 1.6.0 are vulnerable to an HTML injection issue.
The application does not sanitize the Referer and User-Agent HTTP headers.
A possible hacker may use this weakness to include malicious code in the 'Activity
and Events Viewer' which may be executed by an administrator displaying this
page.

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

Networks Security ID: 11086

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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