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Missing Nginx HSTS

ID: file-missing-nginx-hsts

Severity: high

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: file,audit,nginx,hardening

Description

Section titled “Description”

Ensures that HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) is enabled in Nginx.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: file-missing-nginx-hsts


info:
  name: Missing Nginx HSTS
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: high
  description: |
    Ensures that HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) is enabled in Nginx.
  remediation: |
    Add 'add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload";' in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf under the server block.
  reference:
    - https://wiki.devsecopsguides.com/docs/checklists/nginx/
    - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security
  metadata:
    verified: true
  tags: file,audit,nginx,hardening


file:
  - extensions:
      - conf


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "http"
          - "events"
        condition: and


      - type: word
        words:
          - 'add_header Strict-Transport-Security '
        negative: true
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "file/audit/nginx/file-nginx-hsts-missing.yaml"

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