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HTTP Debugging Methods (TRACE/TRACK) Enabled

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Web application abuses

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Mitigation

Created

Created

18 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Debugging functions are enabled on the remote web server. The remote web server supports the TRACE and/or TRACK methods. TRACE and TRACK are HTTP methods which are used to debug web server connections.

Insight

Insight

It has been shown that web servers supporting this methods are subject to cross-site-scripting attacks, dubbed XST for Cross-Site-Tracing, when used in conjunction with various weaknesses in browsers.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Web servers with enabled TRACE and/or TRACK methods.

Solution

Solution

Disable the TRACE and TRACK methods in your web server configuration. Please see the manual of your web server or the references for more information.