Commit 92168be1 authored by Russell Dickenson's avatar Russell Dickenson

Merge branch 'philipcunningham-add-598-1-documentation' into 'master'

Add 598.1 documentation for browser based DAST

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!83063
parents b17b71f0 b084abb4
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# Use of GET request method with sensitive query strings (session ID)
## Description
A session ID was identified in the request URL as well as a cookie value. Session
IDs should not be sent in GET requests as they maybe captured by proxy systems, stored in
browser history, or stored in log files. If an attacker were to get access to the session
ID they would potentially be able to gain access to the target account.
## Remediation
As request headers are rarely logged or captured by third party systems, ensure session ID
values are only sent in cookies (assigned via `Set-Cookie` response headers) and never sent
in the request URL.
## Details
| ID | Aggregated | CWE | Type | Risk |
|:---|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|
| 598.1 | true | 598 | Passive | Medium |
## Links
- [OWASP](https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/Information_exposure_through_query_strings_in_url)
- [CWE](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/598.html)
......@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ The [DAST browser-based crawler](../browser_based.md) provides a number of vulne
| [16.6](16.6.md) | AspNetMvc header exposes version information | Low | Passive |
| [200.1](200.1.md) | Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor (private IP address) | Low | Passive |
| [548.1](548.1.md) | Exposure of information through directory listing | Low | Passive |
| [598.1](598.1.md) | Use of GET request method with sensitive query strings (session ID) | Medium | Passive |
| [614.1](614.1.md) | Sensitive cookie without Secure attribute | Low | Passive |
| [693.1](693.1.md) | Missing X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff | Low | Passive |
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