Summary

Acunetix 360 detected that the web application has enabled listing of the Web Service Deployment Descriptor (WSDD). This feature exposes the current system configuration which contains sensitive information like the adminservice password.


It's recommended to modify the configuration file WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd to disable configuration listing.

Impact

When Axis system configuration listing is enabled, sensitive information like the adminservice password is leaked to attackers.

Actions To Take

In the example below, the web application disable listing of the Web Service Deployment Descriptor (WSDD):

<globalConfiguration>
 <parameter name="axis.enableListQuery" value="false"/>
</globalConfiguration>

Severity

Medium

Classification

CWE-16 OWASP 2013-A5 OWASP 2017-A6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N