Avoid storing sensitive files in the web root

Avoid storing sensitive files in the web root

Summary

The system should store neither user-uploaded files nor files containing sensitive information in the web root.

Description

The web root is the topmost directory on a web server. If there is no sufficient access control, any file in this directory will be publicly available. Therefore, user-uploaded files and files containing sensitive information should not be stored on it.

Supported In

This requirement is verified in following services

Plan Supported
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References

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