CVE-2018-11652
CSV Injection vulnerability in Nikto 2.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary OS commands via the Server field in an HTTP response header, which is directly injected into a CSV report.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
CSV Injection vulnerability in Nikto 2.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary OS commands via the Server field in an HTTP response header, which is directly injected into a CSV report.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 23.64% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 June 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Affected
- cirt.net/nikto
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 18.7% on 21 September 2026 to 23.6% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 24.4% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://github.com/sullo/nikto/commit/e759b3300aace5314fe3d30800c8bd83c81c29f7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44899/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/sullo/nikto/commit/e759b3300aace5314fe3d30800c8bd83c81c29f7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44899/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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