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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