Information sent using unencrypted channels

Manieendar Mohan

Published on

24 Jun 2018

Vulnerability

Sensitive data should be protected. It should only be transmitted only through a securely channeled network. This web application transmits sensitive information through an unencrypted channels.This causes attacker to access sensitive information. These information include basic authentication credentials in plain-text over HTTP.

Impact

The issues include:-

Data corruption
Data breach
Complete shutdown of the server

Mitigation / Precaution

This vulnerability can be fixed by:-

Using secure channels for transmission of data.

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