Missing User Warnings
Medium
- Confidence
- 96% confidence
- Finding
- The API authentication token is defined as a query parameter and later appended to the request URL, which exposes the credential in places URLs are commonly logged or retained, such as shell history, proxies, analytics systems, and server access logs. Even though the request uses HTTPS, putting secrets in the URL materially increases the chance of credential leakage beyond the immediate transport layer.
