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Clear text traffic is Enabled For App

Low
domai-tb published GHSA-23rw-8pv4-xp4c May 21, 2024

Package

No package listed

Affected versions

<2.2.1

Patched versions

2.2.2

Description

Summary

Clear text traffic is Enabled For App

Details

Currently the Manifest File https://github.com/astarub/campus_app/blob/master/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml has the setting android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" set. Why ever one would want to do that. Since API level 28 the default is false. HTTP, FTP stacks, DownloadManager, and MediaPlayer or similiar should be configured to use encrypted connections.

Impact

Any connection that does not use TLS by design (e.g. no HSTS + forgotten s in https) will be done without encryption enabling MITM

Severity

Low

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

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