Cross-site Referrer Leakage through usage of strict-origin in Referrer-Policy

Severity: Information

Summary#

Invicti detected that origin leakage is possible due to use of strict-origin in the Referrer-Policy implementation.

Impact#

Origin (Domain) information can be leaked through Referer header, if a request occurs to a site either has same or a higher protocol.

Remediation#

If leakage of the origin is a problem for the site, see all available options by using links in External References and use a secure one.

Classifications#