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Whistlelink: Site-access password exposed in web server access logs via GET query string

Posted by Red Nanaki via Fulldisclosure on Jul 02Whistlelink: Site-access password exposed in web server access logs via GET query string Severity: CRITICAL SUMMARY The Whistlelink reporting portal protects optionally-enabled, password-gated whistleblowing sites with a site-access password. When a visitor unlocks such a site, the client validates the password by issuing an HTTP GET request that carries the password as a URL query-string parameter: GET...