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USGS-WiM / SiGLDMS

Data management system for SiGL
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Remediate Vulnerability: Password type input with auto-complete enabled #248

Closed aaronstephenson closed 3 years ago

aaronstephenson commented 3 years ago

Acunetix scan reports this app allows autocomplete on a password field. When a new name and password is entered in a form and the form is submitted, the browser asks if the password should be saved. Thereafter when the form is displayed, the name and password are filled in automatically or are completed as the name is entered. An attacker with local access could obtain the cleartext password from the browser cache.

The password auto-complete should be disabled in sensitive applications. To disable auto-complete, you may use a code similar to:

<INPUT TYPE="password" AUTOCOMPLETE="off">

The login form is found at /SiGLDMS/component/logInOut/login.html

aaronstephenson commented 3 years ago

This is an "info" level vulnerability, so no rush to remediate it right now.