Insecure or unset HTTP headers - Cache Control

Description

The application lacks the Cache Control security header or sets the header in a insecure value.

Impact

- Store sever responses with sensitive information in the browsers cache.
- Produce potentially harmful server responses using Cache Poison attacks.

Recommendation

Set the Cache Control header in the server responses using a secure value such as no-store , no-cache and must-revalidate.

Threat

Unauthorized attacker from local network.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 30 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

Attack vector: A
Attack complexity: H
Privileges required: N
User interaction: R
Scope: U
Confidentiality: L
Integrity: N
Availability: N

Temporal

Exploit code maturity: P
Remediation level: O
Report confidence: X

Result

Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:X
Score:

Base: 2.6
Temporal: 2.4

Severity:

Base: Low
Temporal: Low

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: A
Confidentiality (VC): L
Integrity (VI): N
Availability (VA): N
Confidentiality (SC): N
Integrity (SI): N
Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

Exploit maturity: P

Result 4.0

Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Score:

CVSS-BT: 1.1

Severity:

CVSS-BT: Low

Requirements

Fixes

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