Privacy violation
Description
The system violates one or more privacy requirements.
Impact
Incur in legal trouble due to a violation of user privacy.
Recommendation
Abide by the privacy regulations in force.
Threat
Unauthenticated attacker from the Iternet in the application.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 300 minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the vulnerability.
Base
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Privileges required: L
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: N
- Integrity: N
- Availability: L
Temporal
- Exploit code madurity: X
- Remediation level: X
- Report confidence: X
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
- Score:
- Base: 4.3
- Temporal: 4.3
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
Code Examples
Compliant code
The application allows for users to unsubscribe from email lists, following privacy regulations
app.get('/delete', async (req, res) => {
try {
const contact = await getContactByEmail(req.query.email);
if(contact == null) throw `Contact not found.`;
if (contact.custom_fields.conf_num == req.query.conf_num) {
const listID = await getListID('Newsletter Subscribers');
await deleteContactFromList(listID, contact);
res.render('message', { message: 'mymessage' });
}
else throw 'Confirmation number does not match or contact is not subscribed'
}
catch(error) {
console.error(error)
res.render('message', { message: 'mymessage' })
}
});
Non compliant code
The application does not have proper functionality to unsubscribe from email notifications
app.post('/unsubscribe', async (req, res) => {
res.redirect("/suscription");
});
Requirements
- 189. Specify the purpose of data collection
- 310. Request user consent
- 311. Demonstrate user consent
- 312. Allow user consent revocation
- 313. Inform inability to identify users
- 314. Provide processing confirmation
- 315. Provide processed data information
- 316. Allow rectification requests
- 317. Allow erasure requests
- 318. Notify third parties of changes
- 343. Respect the Do Not Track header
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