CVE-2005-2860

N/A Unknown
Published: September 08, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112561344400914&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/lists/vulnwatch/2005/Jul-Sep/0032.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/010905-multiple_webscanner_script_injection.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14717
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112561344400914&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/lists/vulnwatch/2005/Jul-Sep/0032.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/010905-multiple_webscanner_script_injection.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14717
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
63th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

nikto