Critical
Security advisory
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.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11652
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2018-11652
Complete source record
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