343 – 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
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