HexBrain

IRCCloud · Report #13628

Password type input with auto-complete enabled

Informativestatus
3upvotes
17 Nov 2014disclosed

How it was found

Vulnerability description :

When a new name and password is entered in a form and the form is submitted, the browser asks if the password should be saved. Thereafter when the form is displayed, the name and password are filled in automatically or are completed as the name is entered. An attacker with local access could obtain the cleartext password from the browser cache.

URL : https://www.irccloud.com/

Fixing this vulnerability :

The password auto-complete should be disabled in sensitive applications. To disable auto-complete, you may use a code similar to: <INPUT TYPE="password" AUTOCOMPLETE="off">

This report was disclosed publicly on HackerOne and belongs to its author and the program. See the original