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Insecure or unset HTTP headers - Content-Security-Policy

Description​

The application has unnsafe configurations regarding the Content-Security-Policy header. This may be because:

  • Header is missing from server responses.
  • The header has not defined mandatory security policies.
  • Defined security policies contain insecure values.

Impact​

  • Embed content, scripts, blobs or images from potentially malicious sources.
  • Make possible to carry attacks like Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Leaks, among others.

Recommendation​

Set the Content-Security-Policy header in the server responses and configure it in a secure way.

Threat​

Unauthorized attacker from Internet.

Expected Remediation Time​

⌚ 15 minutes.

Score​

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the vulnerability.

Base​

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: H
  • Privileges required: N
  • User interaction: R
  • Scope: U
  • Confidentiality: L
  • Integrity: L
  • Availability: N

Temporal​

  • Exploit code madurity: P
  • Remediation level: O
  • Report confidence: C

Result​

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
  • Score:
    • Base: 4.2
    • Temporal: 3.8
  • Severity:
    • Base: Medium
    • Temporal: Low

Code Examples​

Compliant code​

Securely configure the content security policy in the http headers

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self' trusted.com *.trusted.com

Non compliant code​

The content security policy is incorrectly configured in the http headers

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors 'none'

Requirements​