Security misconfiguration vulnerabilities arise from insecure default configurations, incomplete or ad-hoc configurations, open cloud storage, misconfigured HTTP headers, and verbose error messages containing sensitive information. These are among the most common security issues.
- Default credentials
- Unnecessary features enabled
- Directory listing enabled
- Detailed error messages
- Outdated software
- Misconfigured security headers
- Open cloud storage buckets
- Default admin interfaces
- Configuration files exposed
- Backup files accessible
- Development/debug modes enabled
- Unnecessary services running
Test for common misconfigurations, default credentials, exposed configuration files, and security header weaknesses.
See default-credentials-payloads.txt and misconfiguration-paths-payloads.txt for comprehensive lists of security misconfiguration tests.