Code: p162 Severity: Infomation
Description: An HTTP POST request is a packet of information that a web browser is attempting to send to a web server. People that browse the web create these requests when filling out a form on a web site that uses HTTP POST. This information can be sensitive in nature, such as an employee's name, telephone number, or, in some cases, a company credit card number. HTTP POST requests also send information that the user does not see, like the user's IP address or other information about the user's computer. Impact: any system using the HTTP protocol Corrective: can prohibit HTTP POST requests in many ways, like by configuring your firewall to disallow HTTP POST requests.
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