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myguestbk admin access

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of admin/index.asp

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is hosting myGuestBook.

This installation comes with an administrative file
in myguestBk/admin/index.asp which lets any user
delete old entries.

In addition to this, this CGI is vulnerable to a cross-site-scripting
attack.

Solution : Restrict access to admin/index.asp
Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 7213

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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