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Java : Cookie: transmission not over SSL

Classification

OWASP Mobile Top 10 2016
M3-Insecure CommunicationM4-Insecure Authentication
OWASP Top 10 2017
A2-Broken AuthenticationA3-Sensitive Data Exposure
OWASP Top 10 2021
A2-Cryptographic FailuresA4-Insecure DesignA7-Identification and Authentication Failures
OWASP MASVS
V5: 5.1.(L1/L2/L1+R/L2+R)V5: 5.2.(L1/L2/L1+R/L2+R)
OWASP ASVS
Session Management
PCI DSS 4.0
4.2.16.2.4
HIPAA
§164.312 (e)(1)§164.312 (e)(2)(ii)
CWE
CWE-311CWE-614CWE-732
CWE/SANS Top 25 2011
CWE-311CWE-732
CWE/SANS Top 25 2021
CWE-732

Overview

The application creates cookies without setting the secure flag to true This allows to transfer cookies in clear text over HTTP, which can violate their confidentiality.

Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerabilities take the third place in the “OWASP Top 10 2017” web-application vulnerabilities ranking.

References

  1. OWASP Top 10 2013-A5-Security Misconfiguration
  2. OWASP Top 10 2017-A2-Broken Authentication
  3. CWE-614
  4. CWE CATEGORY: OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A2 - Broken Authentication
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