Summary

Acunetix 360 detected that the ASP.NET application stores login credentials in plain text.

Impact

When the ASP.NET application stores login credentials in plain text inside of web.config file, an attacker who has access to this file can use login credentials to compromise the application.

Actions To Take

The most secure way to store login credentials is not to store them in the configuration file. Remove the element from your Web.config files in production applications.

Severity

Medium

Classification

CWE-312 OWASP 2013-A6 OWASP 2017-A3