HTTP Server Cookies Set

info Nessus Plugin ID 39463

Synopsis

Some cookies have been set by the web server.

Description

HTTP cookies are pieces of information that are presented by web servers and are sent back by the browser.
As HTTP is a stateless protocol, cookies are a possible mechanism to keep track of sessions.

This plugin displays the list of the HTTP cookies that were set by the web server when it was crawled.

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 39463

File Name: display_http_cookies.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 6/19/2009

Updated: 3/15/2011

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning