Detections
Analytics

Missing Referrer Policy

info Web App Scanning Plugin ID 98527

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Synopsis

Missing Referrer Policy

Description

Referrer Policy provides mechanisms to websites to restrict referrer information (sent in the referer header) that browsers will be allowed to add.

No Referrer Policy header or metatag configuration has been detected.

Solution

Configure Referrer Policy on your website by adding 'Referrer-Policy' HTTP header or meta tag referrer in HTML.

See Also

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 98527

Type: remote

Published: 4/2/2019

Updated: 3/25/2024

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