A penetration tester is inspecting traffic on a new mobile banking application and sends the following web request:
POST http://www.example.com/resources/NewBankAccount HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json
{
“account”:
[
{ “creditAccount”:”Credit Card Rewards account”}
{ “salesLeadRef”:”www.example.com/badcontent/exploitme.exe”}
],
“customer”:
[
{ “name”:”Joe Citizen”} { “custRef”:”3153151”}
]
}
The banking website responds with:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
“newAccountDetails”:
[
{ “cardNumber”:”1234123412341234”} { “cardExpiry”:”2020-12-31”}
{ “cardCVV”:”909”}
],
“marketingCookieTracker”:“JSESSIONID=000000001”
“returnCode”:“Account added successfully”
}
Which of the following are security weaknesses in this example? (Select TWO).
A . Missing input validation on some fields
B . Vulnerable to SQL injection
C . Sensitive details communicated in clear-text
D . Vulnerable to XSS
E . Vulnerable to malware file uploads
F . JSON/REST is not as secure as XML
Answer: A, C