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We will check your website for free for vulnerabilities and check how it performs against 25+ essential metrics. These will include but are not limited to
- Most exploited vulnerabilities from the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) top 10 security vulnerabilities.
- Php version checks so that your website doesn't get exploited due to vulnerabilities present in old and outdated PHP versions.
- Javascript vulnerability checks ensure that the website is free of any javascript vulnerabilities that can cause run-time issues and exploits.
- Security headers ensure that modern browsers are restricted from running into vulnerabilities.
- Software / Platform versions
- Php related vulnerabilities
- APIs
- Firewall
- HTTPS support
- SQL injection
- Spam protection
Website Vulnerability Check: How to Secure Your Website
A website vulnerability check is one of the many methods for assessing and securing your website from potential threats.
Here is an extensive guide for you to understand how it all works.
What is Website vulnerability testing?
A vulnerability test is a comprehensive and systematic analysis of potential security risks. It also tests the system’s security for any weaknesses that make it vulnerable to certain types of attacks or hacking attempts. Security risks and vulnerabilities discovered in such a manner are usually assigned a number to communicate the level of risk they present. After this, appropriate remedial measures are suggested and implemented to strengthen the overall system.
Here are some other questions that we can take out of your way:
What is a vulnerability?
A vulnerability is a particular aspect or configuration within your organization’s system (including employees) that hackers can misuse to gain illegal access. Once they gain access, they can steal sensitive company and customer data or manipulate the system to work for their will. Because of the importance organizations place on data and websites, most realize the importance of conducting cyber security checks. Vulnerability assessment is what we’re going to talk about now.
Web security vulnerabilities are prioritized depending on exploitability, detectability, and impact on software.
- Exploitability – What is needed to exploit the security vulnerability? HighThe highest liability when the attack needs only a web browser, and the lowest is advanced programming and tools.
- Detectability – How easy is it to detect the threat? The highest is the information displayed on URL, Form, or Error message, and the lowest is source code.
- Impact or Damage – How much damage will be done if the security vulnerability is exposed or attacked? Highest being a complete system crash and the lowest being nothing at all.
The main aim of Fix Hacked Site Top 10 is to educate the developers, designers, managers, architects, and organizations about the most critical security vulnerabilities.
The Top 10 security vulnerabilities Top 10 are:
- SQL Injection
- Cross-Site Scripting
- Cross-Site Request Forgery
- Security Misconfiguration
- Insufficient Transport Layer Protection
- Broken Authentication and Session Management
- Insecure Direct Object References
- Insecure Cryptographic Storage
- Failure to restrict URL Access
- Invalidated Redirects and Forwards
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SQL Injection
Description
SQL injection is a typical web application vulnerability that allows an attacker access to sensitive data stored in a database.
When a user inputs something, the interpreter executes unintended commands and gives access to unauthorized data.
A SQL command can also expose a database server if executed by a web application, which can be used for various purposes.
Implication
- An attacker can inject malicious content into the vulnerable fields.
- Sensitive data like User Names, Passwords, etc., can be read from the database.
- Database data can be modified (Insert/Update/ Delete).
- Administration Operations can be executed on the database.
Vulnerable Objects
- Input Fields
- URLs interacting with the database
Examples:
- SQL injection on the Login Page
- Logging into an application without having valid credentials.
- Valid username is available, and password is not available.
Recommendations
- 1. Allowing the input fields
- 2. Avoid displaying detailed error messages that are useful to an attacker.
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Cross-Site Scripting
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) is also known as cross-site request forgery (CSRF). CSRF vulnerabilities target scripts embedded in an HTML form executed on the client-side, i.e., by the user’s browser, rather than on a web server. These flaws can occur when the application takes untrusted data and send it to the web browser without proper validation.
An attacker can hijack session cookies, deface websites, redirect users to unwanted and malicious websites, or use cross-site scripting (XSS) to execute malicious scripts on users’ browsers. Because browsers cannot tell whether scripts are safe, they execute them.
XSS is an attack that allows the attacker to execute the scripts on the victim’s browser.
Implication
- Using this security vulnerability, an attacker can inject scripts into the application, steal session cookies, deface websites, and run malware on the victim's machines.
Vulnerable Objects
- Input Fields
- URLs
Recommendations
- 1. White Listing input fields
- 2. Input-Output encoding
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Broken Authentication and Session Management
Description
Usually, websites create a session cookie and a session ID for each valid user session. These cookies contain sensitive data like usernames, passwords, etc.
If the cookies are not invalidated, sensitive data will exist in the system. An attacker uses the same public computer after some time, and the sensitive data is compromised. For example: For a user using a public computer (Cyber Cafe), the cookies of the vulnerable site sit on the system and are exposed to an attacker.
Similarly, a public computer user closes the browser abruptly instead of logging off. An attacker uses the same system; when browsing the same vulnerable site, the previous session of the victim will be opened. The attacker can do whatever he wants by stealing profile information, credit card information, etc.
A check should be done to find the authentication and session management strengths. Without compromising passwords, keys, session tokens, and cookies should be appropriately implemented.
Vulnerable Objects
- Session IDs exposed on URL can lead to session fixation attacks.
- Session IDs are the same before and after logout and login.
- Session Timeouts are not implemented correctly.
- Application is assigning the same session ID for each new session.
- Authenticated parts of the application are protected using SSL, and passwords are stored in a hashed or encrypted format.
- A low privileged user can reuse the session.
Implication
- Using this vulnerability, an attacker can hijack a session and gain unauthorized access to the system, allowing disclosure and modification of unauthorized information.
- The sessions can be high jacked using stolen cookies or sessions using XSS.
Recommendations
- 1. All the authentication and session management requirements should be defined as per Fix Hacked Site Application Security Verification Standard.
- 2. Never expose any credentials in URLs or Logs.
- 3. Vigorous efforts should also be made to avoid XSS flaws which can be used to steal session IDs.
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Insecure Direct Object References
Description
It occurs when a developer exposes a reference to an internal implementation object, such as a file, directory, or database key as in URL or as a FORM parameter. The attacker can use this information to access other objects and create a future attack to access the unauthorized data.
Implication
- Using this vulnerability, an attacker can access unauthorized internal objects, modify data, or compromise the application.
Vulnerable Objects
- In the URL
Recommendations
- 1. Implement access control checks.
- 2. Avoid exposing object references in URLs.
- 3. Verify authorization to all reference objects.
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Cross-Site Request Forgery
Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery is a forged request that came from the cross-site.
CSRF attack occurs when a malicious website, email, or program causes a user’s browser to perform an unwanted action on a trusted site for which the user is currently authenticated.
A CSRF attack forces a logged-on victim’s browser to send a forged HTTP request to a vulnerable web application, including the victim’s session cookie and any other automatically included authentication information.
The attacker will send a link to the victim when the user clicks on the URL when logged into the original website, and the data will be stolen from the website.
Implication
- Using this vulnerability as an attacker can change user profile information, change status, create a new user on the admin's behalf, etc.
Vulnerable Objects
- User Profile page
- User account forms
- Business transaction page
- 1. Mandate user's presence while performing sensitive actions.
- 2. Implement mechanisms like CAPTCHA, Re-Authentication, and Unique Request Tokens.
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Security Misconfiguration
Description
Security Misconfiguration must be defined and deployed for the application, frameworks, application server, web server, database server, and platform. If these are correctly configured, an attacker can have unauthorized access to sensitive data or functionality.
Sometimes such flaws result in complete system compromise. Keeping the software up to date is also good security.
Implication
- Using this vulnerability, the attacker can enumerate the underlying technology and application server version information and database information and gain information about the application to mount a few more attacks.
Vulnerable Objects
- URL
- Form Fields
- Input fields
Examples:
- 1. The attacker can log in with default passwords and can gain unauthorized access. Default accounts are not changed. The application server admin console is automatically installed and not removed.
- 2. Directory Listing is not disabled on your server. Attacker discovers and can list directories to find any file.
Recommendations
- 1. A robust application architecture that provides good separation and security between the components.
- 2. Change default usernames and passwords.
- 3. Disable directory listings and implement access control checks.
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Insecure Cryptographic Storage
Description
Insecure Cryptographic Storage is a common vulnerability when sensitive data is not stored securely.
The user credentials, profile information, health details, credit card information, etc., come under sensitive data information on a website.
This data will be stored in the application database. When this data is stored improperly by not using encryption or hashing*, it will be vulnerable to attackers.
(*Hashing transforms the string characters into shorter strings of fixed length or a key. To decrypt the string, the algorithm used to form the key should be available).
Implication
- Using this vulnerability, an attacker can steal and modify such weakly protected data to conduct identity theft, credit card fraud, or other crimes.
Vulnerable Objects
- Application database.
Examples:
In one of the banking applications, the password database uses unsalted hashes * to store everyone’s passwords. An SQL injection flaw allows the attacker to retrieve the password file. All the unsalted hashes can be brute-forced in no time, whereas the salted passwords would take thousands of years.
(*Unsalted Hashes – Salt is random data appended to the original data. Salt is appended to the password before hashing)
Recommendations
- 1. Ensure appropriate standard solid algorithms. Do not create your cryptographic algorithms. Use only approved public algorithms such as AES, RSA public-key cryptography, SHA-256, etc.
- 2. Ensure offsite backups are encrypted, but the keys are managed and backed up separately.
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Failure to restrict URL Access
Description
Web applications check URL access rights before rendering protected links and buttons. Applications need to perform similar access control checks each time these pages are accessed.
The select pages, locations, and resources are not presented to the privileged users in most applications.
By an intelligent guess, an attacker can access privilege pages. An attacker can access sensitive pages, invoke functions, and view confidential information.
Implication
- Using this vulnerability, attackers can access unauthorized URLs without logging into the application and exploiting the vulnerability. An attacker can access sensitive pages, invoke functions, and view confidential information.
Vulnerable Objects
- URLs
Recommendations
- 1. Implement vital access control checks.
- 2. Authentication and authorization policies should be role-based.
- 3. Restrict access to unwanted URLs.
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Insufficient Transport Layer Protection
Description
Deals with information exchange between the user (client) and the server (application). Applications frequently transmit sensitive information like authentication details, credit card information, and session tokens over a network.
Using weak algorithms using expired or invalid certificates or not using SSL can expose the communication to untrusted users, compromising a web application and stealing sensitive information.
Implication
- Using this web security vulnerability, an attacker can sniff legitimate users' credentials and access the application.
- Can steal credit card information.
Vulnerable Objects
- Data is sent over the network.
Recommendations
- 1. Enable secure HTTP and enforce credential transfer over HTTPS only.
- 2. Ensure your certificate is valid and not expired.
Examples:
- 1. In an application not using SSL, an attacker will monitor network traffic and observes an authenticated victim session cookie. An attacker can steal that cookie and perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack.
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Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards
Description
The web application uses a few methods to redirect and forward users to other pages for an intended purpose.
Suppose there is no proper validation while redirecting to other pages. In that case, attackers can use this and redirect victims to phishing or malware sites or use forwards to access unauthorized pages.
Implication
- An attacker can send a URL to the user that contains a genuine URL appended with an encoded malicious URL. By just seeing the genuine part of the attacker sent URL, a user can browse it and may become a victim.
Recommendations
- 1. Avoid using redirects and forwards in the application. If used, do not involve using user parameters in calculating the destination.
- 2. If the destination parameters can't be avoided, ensure that the supplied value is valid and authorized for the user.
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If you have a backup, then yes, rollback. However, you need to fix the underlying vulnerability. Likewise, beware that a hack can lie dormant for some time before its effects become visible.