Kingdom: Environment

This section includes everything that is outside of the source code but is still critical to the security of the product that is being created. Because the issues covered by this kingdom are not directly related to source code, we separated it from the rest of the kingdoms.

J2EE Misconfiguration: Missing Filter Definition

Java/JSP

Abstract

Filter mappings that reference a non-existent filter will not be applied.

Explanation

Every filter mapping must correspond to a valid filter definition in order for it to be applied.

Example 1: The following example shows a filter mapping that references the non-existent filter AuthenticationFilter. Because the definition is missing, the filter AuthenticationFilter will not be applied to the designated URL pattern /secure/* and might cause a runtime exception.


<filter>
    <description>Compresses images to 64x64</description>
    <filter-name>ImageFilter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>com.ImageFilter</filter-class>
</filter>

<!-- AuthenticationFilter is not defined -->
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>AuthenticationFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/secure/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>ImageFilter</filter-name>
    <servlet-name>ImageServlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>

References

[1] Sun Microsystems, Inc. Java Servlet Specification 2.4

[2] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration CWE ID 284

[3] Standards Mapping - DISA Control Correlation Identifier Version 2 CCI-001094

[4] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 SC-5 Denial of Service Protection (P1)

[5] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 SC-5 Denial of Service Protection

[6] Standards Mapping - OWASP API 2023 API8 Security Misconfiguration

[7] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2014 M1 Weak Server Side Controls

[8] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 A9 Application Denial of Service

[9] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 A6 Security Misconfiguration

[10] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2013 A5 Security Misconfiguration

[11] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2017 A6 Security Misconfiguration

[12] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2021 A05 Security Misconfiguration

[13] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.1 Requirement 6.5.9

[14] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.1 APP6080 CAT II

[15] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.4 APP6080 CAT II

[16] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.5 APP6080 CAT II

[17] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.6 APP6080 CAT II

[18] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.7 APP6080 CAT II

[19] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.9 APP6080 CAT II

[20] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.10 APP6080 CAT II

[21] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.2 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[22] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.3 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[23] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.4 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[24] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.5 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[25] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.6 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[26] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.7 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[27] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.8 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[28] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.9 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[29] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.10 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[30] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.11 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[31] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.1 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[32] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.1 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[33] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.2 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[34] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.3 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[35] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 6.1 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[36] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 6.2 APSC-DV-002400 CAT II

[37] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium Version 2.00 Denial of Service (WASC-10)

[38] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium 24 + 2 Denial of Service

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