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Nikto

First CVE: Sep 8, 2005Active for: 21 yearsTotal CVEs: 1

Nikto is an open-source web server scanner and assessment tool used for vulnerability discovery and security testing, with its vulnerability footprint limited to the core scanner product itself. The limited disclosures associated with this vendor reflect the tool's specific scanning purpose rather than a broad product portfolio, with noted issues centered on the general category of other weaknesses. Current vulnerability counts, severity distribution, and exploitation activity are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
1
Total CVEs
Bottom 1%
1.0
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 12% of tracked vendors
4.3
Avg CVSS Score
Higher Avg CVSS Score than 2% of tracked vendors
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Nikto over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Sep 8, 2005
20 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Sep 8, 2005
7,624 days ago

Products(1 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

1 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2005-2860MEDIUM
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, w
Sep 8, 20054.314NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products1 CVEs
100%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,294 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
Medium
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Nikto.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Nikto — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Nikto's Products

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