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PhpGroupWare index.php HTML injection vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for PhpGroupWare version

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host seems to be running PhpGroupWare, a multi-user groupware
suite written in PHP.

This version has been reported prone to HTML injection vulnerabilities
through 'index.php'. These issues present themself due to a lack of
sufficient input validation performed on form fields used by
PHPGroupWare modules.

A malicious attacker may inject arbitrary HTML and script code using
these form fields that may be incorporated into dynamically generated
web content.

Solution : Update to version 0.9.16 RC3 or newer

See also: http://www.phpgroupware.org/

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 12082

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