Description

Customer information is transmitted over a channel that does not use encryption, so credentials and confidential information can be captured in plain text.

Impact

Capture user credentials after a MitM attack.

Recommendation

Deploy the application over an encrypted communication channel, such as SFTP.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from adjacent network.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 60 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: L
• 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:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:X
• Score:
• Base: 3.7
• Temporal: 3.4
• 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): L
• 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:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
• Score:
• CVSS-BT: 1.1
• Severity:
• CVSS-BT: Low

Requirements

• 181.Transmit data using secure protocols

Fixes

• Java
• Elixir
• C-Sharp
• Go
• Ruby
• Scala
• Python
• TypeScript

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