Title

ColdFusion must have Robust Exception Information disabled. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

Any application providing too much information in error logs and in administrative messages to the screen risks compromising the data and security of the application and system. The structure and content of error messages needs to be carefully considered by the organization and development team. ColdFusion is a development and deployment framework. To handle this role properly, ColdFusion offers several debugging and logging facilities that must be disabled in a production environment. If left enabled, these settings can expose sensitive data within error and log messages.

Check Content

Within the Administrator Console, navigate to the "Debug Output Settings" page under the "Debugging & Output Settings" menu. If "Enable Robust Exception Information" is checked, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to the "Debug Output Settings" page under the "Debugging & Output Settings" menu. Uncheck "Enable Robust Exception Information" and select the "Submit Changes" button.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-237227r641776_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-237227

Group Title: SRG-APP-000266-AS-000169

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