Insecure or unset HTTP headers - X-XSS Protection
Description
The application uses the X-XSS Protection header considered deprecated. The use of this header may lead to stored XSS vulnerabilities.
Impact
Increase the chance of exploiting a stored XSS.
Recommendation
Disable the X-XSS Protection filter in the server responses. Instead, define secuirty policies using CSP Header.
Threat
Unauthorized attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 30 minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: H
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: R
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: L
- Availability: N
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: P
- Remediation level: O
- Report confidence: X
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:X
- Score:
- Base: 4.2
- Temporal: 3.8
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Low
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: H
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: A
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: P
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 1.2
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Low
Requirements
- 062.Define standard configurations
- 175.Protect pages from clickjacking
- 266.Disable insecure functionalities
- 349.Include HTTP security headers
Fixes
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