212 – Security controls bypass or absence - Cloudflare
Description
It is possible to make requests directly to the servers IP and thus bypass Cloudflare.
Impact
- Extract technical information that Cloudflare masks and thus expand the attack surface. - Make malicious requests that are rejected by Cloudflare. - Perform DDoS attacks by evading the service that protects against them.
Recommendation
Redirect any request to the server to the security service.
Threat
Unauthorized user from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
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: N
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): L
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: U