Missing or Permissive Content-Security-Policy frame-ancestors HTTP Response Header

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Synopsis

The remote web server does not take steps to mitigate a class of web application vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote web server in some responses sets a permissive Content-Security-Policy (CSP) frame-ancestors response header or does not set one at all.

The CSP frame-ancestors header has been proposed by the W3C Web Application Security Working Group as a way to mitigate cross-site scripting and clickjacking attacks.

Solution

Set a non-permissive Content-Security-Policy frame-ancestors header for all requested resources.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?55aa8f57

http://www.nessus.org/u?07cc2a06

https://content-security-policy.com/

https://www.w3.org/TR/CSP2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 50344

File Name: http_X_Content_Security_Policy_header.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/26/2010

Updated: 1/19/2021

Dependencies: webmirror.nasl

Vulnerability Information