Synopsis
Disclosed US Social Security Number
Description
The US Social Security Number (SSN) is a personally identifiable number that is issued to its citizens. A stolen or leaked SSN can lead to a compromise, and/or the theft of the affected individuals identity. WAS has discovered an SSN located within the response of the affected page
Solution
Initially, the SSN within the response should be checked to ensure its validity, as it is possible that the regular expression has matched on a similar number with no relation to a real SSN. If the response does contain a valid SSN, then all efforts should be taken to remove or further protect this information. This can be achieved by removing the SSN altogether, or by masking the number so that only the last few digits are present within the response. (eg. _**********123_).