Server Vulnerabilities And Misconfiguration For Sensitive Information

By
Manieendar Mohan
Published on
02 Apr 2022

A server provides services to its clients (end users). There are servers that have misconfiguration or vulnerabilities that can cause Information leakage.These misconfigurations may be due to directory listing vulnerability or source disclosure vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to bypass authentication methods. With administrator access, the attackers can gain access to sensitive information.

Impact

This vulnerability can have the following vulnerabilities:-

  • Loosing server integrity
  • Possible data loss
  • The attacker will gain access to the source code using web application

Mitigation / Precaution

This vulnerability can be fixed by:-

  • Using appropriate configuration management policies for obsolete and unreferenced files.
  • Creating applications for Data files, log files, configuration files, etc. that should be stored in directories and not accessible by the web server.
  • not making File system snapshots accessible via the web
Automated human-like penetration testing for your web apps & APIs
Teams using Beagle Security are set up in minutes, embrace release-based CI/CD security testing and save up to 65% with timely remediation of vulnerabilities. Sign up for a free account to see what it can do for you.

Written by
Manieendar Mohan
Manieendar Mohan
Cyber Security Lead Engineer
Find website security issues in a flash
Improve your website's security posture with proactive vulnerability detection.
Free website security assessment
Experience the power of automated penetration testing & contextual reporting.