Is CVE-2005-2860 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-2860 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-2860?

CVE-2005-2860 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-2860?

CVE-2005-2860 has an EPSS score of 1.30% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2860?

Upgrade nikto on debian 11 to 1.35-1.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-2860

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

niktoDebian

Fixed in:1.35-1.1CVE-2005-2860

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Other references2

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