Http Basic Auth Over Http
Description
Detects when a web application uses Basic Authentication over unencrypted HTTP connections. Basic Authentication transmits credentials in base64 encoding (effectively cleartext), making them vulnerable to interception when used without HTTPS encryption.
Detection Strategy
• The URL must start with 'http://' (not https://)
• The server response must include a WWW-Authenticate header
• The WWW-Authenticate header must specify 'Basic' as the authentication type
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