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Cached form fields

Description

The application does not disable caching of input fields, thus the information will be stored in the browser's cache.

Impact

Obtain valid users of the application.

Recommendation

The data cache to browsers level must be disabled using some of these methods:

  • Use HTTP control headers that prevent cache.
  • Use meta-tags in HTML pages.
  • Disable the autocomplete field to prevent cache to fields level.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from local network.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ minutes.

Score

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

Base

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

Temporal

  • Exploit code madurity: X
  • Remediation level: X
  • Report confidence: X

Result

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
  • Score:
    • Base: 3.3
    • Temporal: 3.3
  • Severity:
    • Base: Low
    • Temporal: Low

Requirements

Fixes

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