CVE catalog

CVE-2005-2860

nikto: CVE-2005-2860

Severity: High
Published: Sep 8, 2005, 10:03:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.30% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	nikto	sid	`1:2.1.5-3.1`	fixed
Debian	nikto	forky	`1:2.1.5-3.1`	fixed
Debian	nikto	trixie	`1:2.1.5-3.1`	fixed
Debian	nikto	bookworm	`1:2.1.5-3.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	nikto	source	sid	`1.35-1.1`	medium	Not reported	[327339]
Debian	nikto	source	forky	`1.35-1.1`	medium	Not reported	[327339]
Debian	nikto	source	trixie	`1.35-1.1`	medium	Not reported	[327339]
Debian	nikto	source	bookworm	`1.35-1.1`	medium	Not reported	[327339]

[Debian bug #327339]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[nikto]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1:2.1.5-3.1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.35-1.1
  dsa · nikto · debian · bookworm; dsa · nikto · debian · 12
- 1:2.1.5-3.1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.35-1.1
  dsa · nikto · debian · bookworm; dsa · nikto · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[nikto]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1:2.1.5-3.1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.35-1.1
  dsa · nikto · debian · 13
- 1:2.1.5-3.1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.35-1.1
  dsa · nikto · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:39 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]