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Invision Power Board Calendar SQL Injection Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Detect Invision Power Board Calender SQL Injection

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running Invision Power Board - a CGI suite designed
to set up a bulletin board system on the remote web server.

A vulnerability has been discovered in the sources/calendar.php file
that permits unauthorized users to inject SQL commands.

A possible hacker may use this flaw to gain the control of the remote database

Solution : Upgrade to the latest version of this software.

See also : http://www.invisionboard.com/download/index.php?act=dl&s=1&id=12&p=1

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9232

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