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Insecure service configuration - CloudDB

Description

Sensitive information stored in the source code. It is determined that non-JSON Apache Lucene queries are enabled on the Cloudant database server.

Impact

Obtain information from the logs in the database, which in turn contain sensitive user data.

Recommendation

  • Securely configure the vulnerable service so that it can only be accessed by authorized users.
  • Disable queries via Query Parser.

Threat

Authorized attacker using the credentials stored in the 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 vulnerability.

Base

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: H
  • Privileges required: H
  • User interaction: N
  • Scope: U
  • Confidentiality: H
  • Integrity: L
  • Availability: N

Temporal

  • Exploit code madurity: X
  • Remediation level: O
  • Report confidence: X

Result

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:X
  • Score:
    • Base: 5.0
    • Temporal: 4.8
  • Severity:
    • Base: Medium
    • Temporal: Medium

Code Examples

Compliant code

The search cloud service is restricted based on certain parameters

"indexes": {
"search-cloud": {
"analyzer": "standard",
"index": "function(doc) { index(\"keyword\", doc.name); }"
}
}

Non compliant code

The search cloud service is not securely restricted

"indexes": {
"search-cloud": {
"analyzer": "all",
"index": "function: any"
}
}

Requirements

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