Medium severityPHPInsecure ConfigurationMEDIUM confidence
Setcookie Not Secure Httponly
A session/auth cookie is set without the Secure and/or HttpOnly flags (CWE-614/CWE-1004).
Standards mapping
- CWE
- CWE-614: Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' AttributeCWE-1004: Sensitive Cookie Without 'HttpOnly' Flag
- OWASP Top 10
- A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration
- OWASP ASVS
- V3.4.1 (L1)V3.4.2 (L1)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
setcookie("session_id", $id, ["secure" => false]);Passes - the safe pattern
setcookie("session_id", $id, ["secure" => true, "httponly" => true]);Why it matters & how to fix it
A session/auth cookie is set without the Secure and/or HttpOnly flags (CWE-614/CWE-1004). It can be intercepted over HTTP or read by JavaScript. Set 'secure' => true and 'httponly' => true, and add 'samesite' => 'Lax'.
References
Rule ID integsec-php-setcookie-not-secure-httponly - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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