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The vulnerability of the Nikto web application security scanner lies in the lack of mechanisms to neutralize special elements in the input commands of the operating system. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system.

🗓️ 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
bdu_fstec
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🔗 bdu.fstec.ru

Nikto lacks input sanitization, enabling OS command execution via HTTP server during CSV generation.

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23 Mar 2021 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 39.8
CVSS 210
EPSS0.33586
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