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Insecure HTTP methods enabled

Description

HTTP methods such as TRACE, PUT and DELETE are enabled on the server. These methods may allow an attacker to include and/or delete files, or perform cross-site tracing attacks.

Impact

  • Include content, scripts, binaries or images from potentially malicious sources.
  • Increase the probability of carrying out attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Leaks, and others.

Recommendation

Configure secure methods for servers requests.

Threat

Authenticated attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 15 minutes.

Score

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

Base

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

Temporal

  • Exploit code maturity: U
  • Remediation level: O
  • Report confidence: C

Result

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
  • Score:
    • Base: 5.4
    • Temporal: 4.7
  • Severity:
    • Base: Medium
    • Temporal: Medium

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0 . It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: L
  • Attack Requirements: N
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Confidentiality (VC): N
  • Integrity (VI): L
  • Availability (VA): L
  • Confidentiality (SC): N
  • Integrity (SI): N
  • Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

  • Exploit maturity: U

Result 4.0

  • Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
  • Score:
    • CVSS-BT: 1.3
  • Severity:
    • CVSS-BT: Low

Requirements

Fixes

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