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Invision Power Board st Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for st parameter SQL injection vulnerability in Invision Power Board

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is affected by a SQL
injection vulnerability.

Description :

A version of Invision Power Board installed on the remote host suffers
from a SQL injection vulnerability due to its failure to sanitize user
input via the 'st' parameter to the 'index.php' script. A possible hacker can
take advantage of this flaw to inject arbitrary SQL statements into
Invision Power Board, possibly even modifying the database.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395515

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 13097

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