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OpenCA HTML Injection

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for the version of OpenCA

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host seems to be running an older version of OpenCA.

It is reported that OpenCA versions up to and incluing 0.9.2-RC2 are prone
to a HTML injection vulnerability when processing user inputs into the web
form frontend. This issue may permit a possible hacker to execute hostile HTML
code in the context of another user.

Solution : Upgrade to the newest version of this software
Risk Factor : Medium

Networks Security ID: 11113

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