Data exposure

Directory listing disabled

Configuration files, backups and source code that should never be public.

Why it matters

Anyone can browse folder contents - uploads, backups, logs and files that were never meant to be linked - and search engines may index them.

How to fix it

Quick fix · under 1 hour
  1. Turn off automatic directory indexes in the web server.
  2. Add an empty index file to folders that must stay reachable.
  3. Reload the web server and re-run the scan to confirm.
nginx
autoindex off;
Apache (.htaccess)
Options -Indexes

How we test it

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