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FreeBSD Ports: phpBB < 2.0.8

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the phpbb package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host has an old version of phpBB installed.

phpBB is a PHP-based bulletin board. There is a cross-site
scripting issue in the remote version of this software which
may permit a possible hacker to damage the remote phpBB installation

Solution : http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c480eb5e-7f00-11d8-868e-000347dd607f.html
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 9942

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

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