Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-2860

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.

Affected products

Nikto/Nikto
cpe:2.3:a:nikto:nikto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.35

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

seclists.org/lists/vulnwatch/2005/Jul-Sep/0032.htmlnvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
www.cybsec.com/vuln/010905-multiple_webscanner_script_injection.pdfnvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
marc.infonvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/14717nvd

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