Insecure service configuration - BREACH Attack
Description
The site meets the conditions that make it potentially vulnerable to BREACH attacks:
- Uses HTTP gzip compression.
- The information entered by the user is reflected on the site.
- It stores secrets (session tokens or anti-CSRF).
Impact
Allow to obtain privileged information (such as session token) due to the compression features with the gzip format. Additional information can be found at http://breachattack.com/
Recommendation
Securely configure the vulnerable service so that it can only be accessed by authorized users.
Threat
Anonymous attacker in adjacent network executing a man-in-the-middle attack.
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: A
- Attack complexity: H
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: R
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: N
- Availability: N
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: U
- Remediation level: W
- Report confidence: R
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:W/RC:R
- Score:
- Base: 2.6
- Temporal: 2.3
- Severity:
- Base: Low
- 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: A
- Attack complexity: H
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: P
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: U
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 0.5
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Low
Requirements
Fixes
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