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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

WordPress database credentials disclosure

Description

One or more files were found that contain database credentials used to connect to a WordPress database. This information could be sensitive.

This alert may be a false positive, manual confirmation is required.

Remediation

Remove these file(s) from your website or change its permissions to remove access.

References

WordPress configuration file

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CWE-538 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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