3-3β€”Referer Exposes Session ID

PUBLISHEDsecurity alertMedium
Passive

Metadata

Alert ID:
3-3
Risk:
Medium
Type:
Passive

Summary

A hyperlink pointing to another host name was found. As session ID URL rewrite is used, it may be disclosed in referer header to external hosts.

Solution

This is a risk if the session ID is sensitive and the hyperlink refers to an external or third party host. For secure content, put session ID in secured session cookie.

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