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Sawmill < 7.1.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for multiple vulnerabilities in Sawmill < 7.1.6

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

Description :

The remote host is running Sawmill, a weblog analysis package.

According to its version, the installation of Sawmill on the remote
host suffers from multiple vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified error permits an authenticated attacker to
gain administrative access.

- An unspecified error permits a remote attacker with no user
rights in use to add a license key.

- Multiple cross-site scripting flaws are possible against an
administrator via the 'Add user' window as well as via the
Licensing page.

See also :

http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/sawmill-admin.html
http://www.sawmill.net/version_history7.html

Solution :

Upgrade to Sawmill 7.1.6 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:R/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 13864, 13866, 13868

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