Basic Authentication over HTTP

  • CAPEC 65
  • CWE 319
  • WASC 4
  • PCI 3.2-6.5.4
  • OWASP 2017-A3

This resource is protected using Basic Authentication over an HTTP connection. With Basic Authentication the user credentials are sent as cleartext and because HTTPS is not used, they are vulnerable to packet sniffing.

Remediation

Use Basic Authentication over an HTTPS connection.

References