CVE-2005-2860

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Nikto 1.35 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Server field in an HTTP response header, which is directly injected into an HTML report.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112561344400914&w=2
http://seclists.org/lists/vulnwatch/2005/Jul-Sep/0032.html	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/010905-multiple_webscanner_script_injection.pdf	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14717
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112561344400914&w=2
http://seclists.org/lists/vulnwatch/2005/Jul-Sep/0032.html	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/010905-multiple_webscanner_script_injection.pdf	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14717

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nikto:nikto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-09-08 10:03

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2005-2860

Mitre link : CVE-2005-2860

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-2860

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Products Affected

nikto

nikto

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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