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Business information leak - Power BI

Description​

Business information is obtained, such as:

  • Strategic Information
  • KIPS
  • Sales Information
  • Dispatch Information

Impact​

  • Obtain strategic business information.
  • Obtain KPI indicators.
  • Obtain sales and dispatches information.

Recommendation​

Establish access controls to resources with potentially sensitive information.

Threat​

User not authenticated in the application from the Internet.

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​

The application handles connections without storing parameters in source code

const request = require('request');
const prepareView: function(req, res) {
  getAccessToken().then(function(accessToken) {
    getEmbedToken(accessToken, req.params.groupId, req.params.dashboardId).then(function(embedToken) {
      res.render('index', {
        dashboardId: req.params.dashboardId,
        embedToken,
        embedUrl: POWERBI_URL + req.params.dashboardId + '&groupId=' + req.params.groupId
      });
    });
  });
}

Non compliant code​

There are Power BI credentials stored in the source code

const request = require('request');
const getAccessToken = function () {
  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    const url = POWERBI_URL;
    const username = 'myUserName';
    const password = 'myPassword';
    const clientId = 'myClientId';

    //Remaining code to handle connection to Token
  }
};

Requirements​

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