Sifchain · Report #1188998
Information disclosure on Sifchain
Duplicatestatus
1upvotes
8 May 2021disclosed
How it was found
Summary:
Hello Team, I have found user/admin usernames disclosed. Using REST API, we can see all the WordPress users/authors with some of their information. (such as id, name, login name, etc.) and employees of Sifchain without authentication on https://sifchain.finance/
Steps To Reproduce:
You can find the information disclosure by going to the following URL (https://sifchain.finance/wp-json/wp/v2/users/)
Supporting Material/References:
1) https://hackerone.com/reports/753725
2) https://hackerone.com/reports/138244
Impact
- Malicious users could collect the usernames disclosed and be focused throughout BF (bruteforce) attack (as the usernames are now known), making it less harder to penetrate the systems.
- Therefore this information can be used to do bruteforce login.