VDB-1721 · CVE-2005-2860 · BID 14717

Nikto 1.35 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nikto 1.35. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-2860. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Nikto 1.35. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 07/26/2005. The weakness was released 09/02/2005 by Mariano Nunez Di Croce with Cybsec (Website). The advisory is shared at cybsec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2860 since 09/08/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 38 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cirt.net. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 14717†), OSVDB (17886†) and Secunia (SA16669†). computec.ch is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1720 and VDB-26265. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: cirt.net

Timelineinfo

07/26/2005 🔍
09/01/2005 +37 days 🔍
09/02/2005 +1 days 🔍
09/05/2005 +3 days 🔍
09/08/2005 +3 days 🔍
09/08/2005 +0 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +5047 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cybsec.com
Researcher: Mariano Nunez Di Croce
Organization: Cybsec
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2860 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2860
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1721
SecurityFocus: 14717 - Multiple Vendor Web Vulnerability Scanners HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 16669 - Nikto "Server" Header Script Insertion Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 17886 - Nikto HTML Report Server Header Arbitrary Script Injection

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/05/2005 11:47
Updated: 07/04/2019 10:49
Changes: 09/05/2005 11:47 (66), 07/04/2019 10:49 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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