Insecure HTTP methods enabled
Description
HTTP methods such as TRACE, PUT and DELETE are enabled on the server. These methods may allow an attacker to include and/or delete files, or perform cross-site tracing attacks.
Impact
- Include content, scripts, binaries or images from potentially malicious sources.
- Increase the probability of carrying out attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Leaks, and others.
Recommendation
Configure secure methods for servers requests.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 15 minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Privileges required: L
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: N
- Integrity: L
- Availability: L
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: U
- Remediation level: O
- Report confidence: C
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Score:
- Base: 5.4
- Temporal: 4.7
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
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: L
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): N
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): L
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: U
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 1.3
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Low
Requirements
Fixes
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