[webmin-l] Security scan result: Missing `httpOnly` Cookie Attribute and Missing `secure` Cookie Attribute

Clement Ogedengbe <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.webmin.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Urgent help please!

Greenbone vulnerability scan on our Debian server running Webmin reports the following:


1.       Missing `httpOnly` Cookie Attribute<https://10.100.31.5/omp?cmd=get_result&result_id=4d6345bd-8d7e-4ba6-ae18-769834e3f5ec&apply_overrides=&min_qod=&task_id=&name=&report_id=05065e21-f79e-493b-864d-12d7143ba44b&filter=&filt_id=&overrides=&autofp=&report_result_id=4d6345bd-8d7e-4ba6-ae18-769834e3f5ec&token=f208ee5a-44be-11e9-861e-0010f3466dc6>

2.       SSL/TLS: Missing `secure` Cookie Attribute<https://10.100.31.5/omp?cmd=get_result&result_id=db6c30bb-c8fe-46b4-8471-2456ee65a4b2&apply_overrides=&min_qod=&task_id=&name=&report_id=05065e21-f79e-493b-864d-12d7143ba44b&filter=&filt_id=&overrides=&autofp=&report_result_id=db6c30bb-c8fe-46b4-8471-2456ee65a4b2&token=f208ee5a-44be-11e9-861e-0010f3466dc6>


Details for Missing `httpOnly` Cookie Attribute<https://10.100.31.5/omp?cmd=get_result&result_id=4d6345bd-8d7e-4ba6-ae18-769834e3f5ec&apply_overrides=&min_qod=&task_id=&name=&report_id=05065e21-f79e-493b-864d-12d7143ba44b&filter=&filt_id=&overrides=&autofp=&report_result_id=4d6345bd-8d7e-4ba6-ae18-769834e3f5ec&token=f208ee5a-44be-11e9-861e-0010f3466dc6> below


Summary

The application is missing the 'httpOnly' cookie attribute
Vulnerability Detection Result

The cookies:



Set-Cookie: redirect=***replaced***; path=/

Set-Cookie: testing=***replaced***; path=/; secure



are missing the "httpOnly" attribute.
Solution

Solution type: [Mitigation]  Mitigation

Set the 'httpOnly' attribute for any session cookie.
Affected Software/OS

Application with session handling in cookies.
Vulnerability Insight

The flaw is due to a cookie is not using the 'httpOnly' attribute. This allows a cookie to be accessed by JavaScript which could lead to session hijacking attacks.
Can someone please help with any idea about how to fix this:


Best Regards

Clement

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