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Nikto "Server" Header Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16669
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Release Date:
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2005-09-02
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Last Update:
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2005-09-27
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Popularity:
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5,375 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Nikto 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2860
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Description:
Mariano Nunez Di Croce has reported a vulnerability in Nikto, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
The vulnerability is cause due to a lack of sanitation of the Server Header value returned in the HTTP response from a web site before using it to generate a HTML-based vulnerability report. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the "My Computer" zone when the vulnerability report is viewed.
Successful exploitation requires that the user is tricked into scanning a malicious web site.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.35 and prior.
Solution:
Version 1.35 will display a warning message if HTML output is requested. However, this does not fully address the vulnerability.
Do not view HTML vulnerability reports generated from scanning untrusted web sites.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Mariano Nunez Di Croce, Cybsec S.A.
Changelog:
2005-09-27: Added CVE reference.
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