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Business information leak - Analytics

Description​

Business insights from mobile app usage analytics are obtained via a Swagger URL exposed along with the APIKey.

Impact​

Obtain business information about the analytics of the mobile application.

Recommendation​

According to the classification of the found information, establish the necessary controls so that the information is accessible only to the indicated persons.

Threat​

Unauthenticated external attacker in the application.

Expected Remediation Time​

⌚ 30 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: N
  • User interaction: N
  • 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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
  • Score:
    • Base: 5.3
    • Temporal: 5.3
  • Severity:
    • Base: Medium
    • Temporal: Medium

Code Examples​

Compliant code​

Access credentials based on authorized user credentials

const getAnalytics= (params, user) => {
  //Use a secure encrypted method to get url and Key data
  const reqUrl = getEncryptedUrl(user.credentials);
  const analytics = fetch(reqUrl, params)
  // Code to handle analytics information
};

Non compliant code​

There are credentials stored on the source code as plain text

const SW_URL = "myurl";
const APIKey = "My APIKEY"

const getAnalytics= (params) => {
  const reqUrl = SW_URL + "/?" + APIKey;
  const analytics = fetch(reqUrl, params)
  // Code to handle analytics information
};

Requirements​

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