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<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>User Search - Vulnerable Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>User Search Portal</h1>

<%
// Hardcoded credentials - Security violation
String dbPassword = "MySecretP@ssw0rd123!";

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❗Cycode: Secret of type: 'Generic Password' was found.
Severity: Medium
Confidence Score: 94%
SHA: 2c3544790f

Description

A generic secret or password is an authentication token used to access a computer or application and is assigned to a password variable.

Cycode Remediation Guideline

❗ How to revoke

  • Change the password or secret in the system or application where it is used.
  • Update any services, applications, or scripts that use the old password or secret with the new one.
  • Invalidate any sessions or tokens that were authenticated using the old password or secret.

Tell us how you wish to proceed using one of the following commands:

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String apiKey = "sk-1234567890abcdefghijklmnop";

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❗Cycode: Secret of type: 'Generic Password' was found.
Severity: Medium
Confidence Score: 97%
SHA: b4108cde21

Description

A generic secret or password is an authentication token used to access a computer or application and is assigned to a password variable.

Cycode Remediation Guideline

❗ How to revoke

  • Change the password or secret in the system or application where it is used.
  • Update any services, applications, or scripts that use the old password or secret with the new one.
  • Invalidate any sessions or tokens that were authenticated using the old password or secret.

Tell us how you wish to proceed using one of the following commands:

Tag Short Description
#cycode_secret_revoked Applies to this secret value for all repos in your organization
#cycode_secret_false_positive <reason> Applies to this secret value for all repos in your organization

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// SQL Injection vulnerability - User input directly concatenated into SQL query
String userInput = request.getParameter("username");
String searchQuery = request.getParameter("search");

if (userInput != null && !userInput.isEmpty()) {
try {
// Insecure database connection with hardcoded credentials
String dbUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/userdb";
String dbUser = "admin";
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl, dbUser, dbPassword);

// SQL Injection vulnerability - no prepared statement
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" + userInput + "' OR email = '" + userInput + "'";
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);

out.println("<h2>Search Results:</h2>");
out.println("<table border='1'>");

while (rs.next()) {
// XSS vulnerability - unescaped output
out.println("<tr>");
out.println("<td>" + rs.getString("username") + "</td>");
out.println("<td>" + rs.getString("email") + "</td>");
out.println("<td>" + rs.getString("role") + "</td>");
out.println("</tr>");
}

out.println("</table>");

rs.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();

} catch (Exception e) {
// Information disclosure - exposing stack trace
out.println("<pre>");
e.printStackTrace(new java.io.PrintWriter(out));
out.println("</pre>");
}
}

// XSS vulnerability - reflecting user input without sanitization
if (searchQuery != null) {
out.println("<p>You searched for: " + searchQuery + "</p>");
}
%>

<form method="GET" action="">
<label>Username:</label>
<input type="text" name="username" />
<br/><br/>
<label>Search:</label>
<input type="text" name="search" />
<br/><br/>
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>

<!-- Debug information exposure -->
<div style="display:none;">
<!-- API Key: <%= apiKey %> -->
<!-- DB Password: <%= dbPassword %> -->
</div>

<%
// Command injection vulnerability
String command = request.getParameter("cmd");
if (command != null) {
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
}

// Path traversal vulnerability
String filename = request.getParameter("file");
if (filename != null) {
java.io.FileInputStream fis = new java.io.FileInputStream("/var/www/files/" + filename);
}
%>

</body>
</html>
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