Insecure or unset HTTP headers - Accept

Description

The application does not set the Accept header or allows any MIME type in the requests. An attacker could abuse this feature to cause unexpected behaviors when the application interprets incorrect content-types.

Impact

Lead to unexpected behaviors due to content type misinterpretations.

Recommendation

- Set the Accept Header in client requests.
- Define explicitly the allowed content types for the application.
- Deny all request that contain a content type different from the expected by the application.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet.

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

Temporal

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

Result

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

Base: 3.7
Temporal: 3.5

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: N
Attack complexity: H
Attack Requirements: N
Privileges required: N
User interaction: N
Confidentiality (VC): N
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:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Score:

CVSS-BT: 2.9

Severity:

CVSS-BT: Low

Requirements

Fixes

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