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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Unauthorized Access to a web app installer

Description

Acunetix determined that it is possible to access an installer of the web application without authentication. Depending on the installer, an attacker can takeover of the server.

Remediation

Restrict access to the installer

References

OWASP Authentication Cheat Sheet

Related Vulnerabilities

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CWE-200 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Insecure Admin Access Configuration

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