{"id":3314,"date":"2019-06-17T18:07:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2025-02-25T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:04:17","slug":"5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them","title":{"rendered":"5 Critical Security Risks and How Sitefinity CMS Handles Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#Critical_Web_Security_Risks_and_How_Sitefinity_CMS_Development_can_Handle_It\" title=\"Critical Web Security Risks and How Sitefinity CMS Development can Handle It\">Critical Web Security Risks and How Sitefinity CMS Development can Handle It<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#SQL_Injection\" title=\"SQL Injection:\u00a0\">SQL Injection:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps\" title=\"How Sitefinity CMS Helps:\">How Sitefinity CMS Helps:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#Exposure_of_Sensitive_Data\" title=\"Exposure of Sensitive Data:\">Exposure of Sensitive Data:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps-2\" title=\"How Sitefinity CMS Helps:\">How Sitefinity CMS Helps:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#Broken_Authentication_and_Session_Management\" title=\"Broken Authentication and Session Management:\">Broken Authentication and Session Management:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps-3\" title=\"How Sitefinity CMS Helps:\">How Sitefinity CMS Helps:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#XML_External_Entities\" title=\"XML External Entities:\u00a0\">XML External Entities:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps-4\" title=\"How Sitefinity CMS Helps:\">How Sitefinity CMS Helps:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#Security_Misconfiguration\" title=\"Security Misconfiguration:\">Security Misconfiguration:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-critical-security-risks-and-how-sitefinity-cms-handles-them\/#How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps-5\" title=\"How Sitefinity CMS Helps:\">How Sitefinity CMS Helps:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There are many large organizations ranging from government agencies, financial organizations and etc. that rely on Sitefinity CMS development for delivering their web presence. Such organizations that are looking to deliver the best user experience to their users know very well that security is not open to compromise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Progress Sitefinity has always come up with the latest updates to implement a strategy for software security and also focuses to deliver a secured product that each customer can easily rely on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With data breaches being a constant threat, security has become a very important thing to address. And Sitefinity is prepared to handle any threats and ensure a safe production environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Critical_Web_Security_Risks_and_How_Sitefinity_CMS_Development_can_Handle_It\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #008000;\">Critical Web Security Risks and How Sitefinity CMS Development can Handle It<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Risk 1:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SQL_Injection\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SQL Injection<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> This types of attacks are when cyber attackers send untrusted input into the site that tricks the interpreter to execute any unwanted inputs or access the data without any proper authorization.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How Sitefinity CMS Helps<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Web applications should provide an API that avoids using the interpreter or exposing a parameterized interface. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/sitefinity-development\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sitefinity CMS development<\/span><\/a> offers both and manages the data access through Data Access ORM.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Risk 2:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Exposure_of_Sensitive_Data\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Exposure of Sensitive Data<\/strong>: <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There are many applications that do not offer protection of sensitive data, and this allows the cyber criminals to easily access credit card data, misuse identity or carry out other cyber-crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps-2\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How Sitefinity CMS Helps<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> Sitefinity stores minimal set of sensitive data needed to operate.\u00a0 All sensitive data is protected by using cryptographic API and during transit, an encrypted TLS is enforced for high security of the data.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Risk 3:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Broken_Authentication_and_Session_Management\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Broken Authentication and Session Management<\/strong>: <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If these functions are not implemented correctly, then the attackers can easily exploit it and gain unauthorized access to the user data.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps-3\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How Sitefinity CMS Helps<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A Sitefinity development company in India will help to use the three authentication models that meet the security standards like FIPS to prevent any broken authentication. The default authentication is based on OpenID Connect protocols and OAuth2.0. The passwords are also encrypted and the settings can be adjusted as per strict security policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/dedicated-sitefinity-developer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2971 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hire-Sitefinity-Developer.png\" alt=\"Hire Sitefinity Developer\" width=\"790\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hire-Sitefinity-Developer.png 790w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hire-Sitefinity-Developer-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hire-Sitefinity-Developer-768x91.png 768w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hire-Sitefinity-Developer-560x67.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Risk 4:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"XML_External_Entities\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>XML External Entities<\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Poorly configured XML processors often evaluate the external entity reference within the XML documents.\u00a0 Cyber criminals can easily use these to exploit the vulnerabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps-4\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How Sitefinity CMS Helps<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">All the XML processing in Sitefinity relies on Microsoft .NET Framework parsers and they are regularly updated to the latest versions of the .NET Framework. Thus, any XML files that the system processes always come from a trusted source.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Risk 5:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Security_Misconfiguration\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Security Misconfiguration:<\/strong> <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This risk happens when the web applications or servers are not correctly configured and this results in access to admin interfaces, which leads to the exposure of sensitive information or any other vulnerabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Sitefinity_CMS_Helps-5\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How Sitefinity CMS Helps<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> The major burden lies on the system admins and for this Sitefinity CMS development offers an easy infrastructure that help to deploy and apply latest updates to the secured environment. It runs on the latest .NET framework and the security features meet the top standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-set-up-an-analytics-module-in-sitefinity\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">How to Set Up an Analytics Module in Sitefinity<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many large organizations ranging from government agencies, financial organizations and etc. that rely on Sitefinity CMS development for delivering their web presence. Such organizations that are looking to deliver the best user experience to their users know very&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[252,226,284],"class_list":["post-3314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sitefinity","tag-sitefinity-cms-development","tag-sitefinity-development","tag-sitefinity-development-company"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10760,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions\/10760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}