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Application & OT Security · Foundational

Session ID in URL

Passing session tokens in URL query strings or paths, which exposes them in logs, history and Referer headers.

Definition

URL-embedded tokens leak to proxies, analytics and other sites and enable session fixation. Session identifiers should be carried in cookies or Authorization headers, never in URLs.

Example

https://shop.example/cart;jsessionid=8F2A... appears in server access logs and Referer headers.

Exam tip

A classic Identification and Authentication Failures finding.

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