Non-encrypted confidential information - Base 64
Description
Base64 credentials are stored in the source code.
Impact
Obtain service credentials.
Recommendation
- Change the login credentials that were compromised.
- Purge git history of affected sensitive data.
- Upload sensitive data from secure sources such as: key vault services, configuration files that are properly encrypted.
Threat
Attacker with access to source code from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 60 minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Privileges required: L
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: N
- Availability: N
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: X
- Remediation level: X
- Report confidence: X
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
- Score:
- Base: 4.3
- Temporal: 4.3
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
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: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: L
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: X
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 5.3
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Medium
Requirements
- 134.Store passwords with salt
- 135.Passwords with random salt
- 185.Encrypt sensitive information
- 229.Request access credentials
- 264.Request authentication
Fixes
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