X-Powered-By header exposes version information
Description
The target website returns the X-Powered-By
header and version information of this website. By
exposing these values, attackers may attempt to identify if the target software is vulnerable to known
vulnerabilities, or catalog known sites running particular versions to exploit in the future when a
vulnerability is identified in the particular version.
Remediation
We recommend that the version information be removed from the X-Powered-By
header.
PHP:
For PHP based web sites, set the expose_php
option to off
in the php.ini
configuration file.
For all other server types, consult your product’s documentation on how to redact the version
information from the X-Powered-By
header.
Details
ID | Aggregated | CWE | Type | Risk |
---|---|---|---|---|
16.3 | true | 16 | Passive | Low |