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PhpGroupWare multiple HTML injection vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for PhpGroupWare version

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

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

This version has been reported prone to multiple HTML injection vulnerabilities.
The issues present themselves 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 0.9.14.005 or newer

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

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 8088

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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