Express Default Homepage Enabled

Express Default Homepage Enabled Misconfiguration

Security Misconfiguration (SM)

Impact of the vulnerability

Enabling the Express default homepage exposes information about the framework, increasing the risk of targeted attacks and potential exploitation.

How this template works

APIs Selection

The API selection filters in this template specify the criteria for selecting the APIs to be tested. In this case, the filters include the response code range (between 200 and 299) and the extraction of the URL variable.

Execute request

The execute section defines the type of request to be executed. In this template, it is set to "single", indicating that a single request will be made. The request is modified using the "modify_url" action, which uses the extracted URL variable.

Validation

The validation section specifies the expected response payload. It checks if the response contains specific strings, such as "<title>Express</title>" and "Welcome to Express". If the response payload does not contain these strings, the validation will fail.

Frequently asked questions

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