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PD9 MegaBBS multiple vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of MegaBBS

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running MegaBBS, a web-based bulletin board system written
in ASP.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack
due to a lack of sanitization of user-supplied input. A possible hacker may exploit
this flaw to issue arbitrary statements in the remote database, and therefore
bypass authorization or even overwrite arbitrary files on the remote system.

Solution : Upgrade to the latest version of this software (greater than 2.1)
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 11253

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

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