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TITLE:
Nikto "Server" Header Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16669

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Nikto 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5647/

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.

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