security-headers-audit

Auditing HTTP security headers involves validating the presence and values of CSP, CORS, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options across frameworks like Express, Nginx, Apache, Next.js, Flask, Django, and Spring Boot to identify misconfigurations and provide remediation guidance.

Required HTTP security headers include Content-Security-Policy to mitigate cross-site scripting, X-Frame-Options to prevent clickjacking, X-Content-Type-Options to stop MIME sniffing, and HSTS to enforce secure connections.

Fixing CORS misconfigurations in Express and Django requires validating cross-origin resource sharing policies against secure baselines, mapping findings to CWE and OWASP Top 10:2021 categories, and applying framework-specific remediation guidance.

Yes, the security header audit maps misconfiguration findings to CWE and OWASP Top 10:2021 categories to prioritize remediation efforts and harden web applications against cross-origin data leakage and related attacks.

Yes, you can use this audit to harden HSTS and Referrer-Policy configurations in Next.js and Nginx by validating header values and generating framework-specific example configurations to improve your security posture.

Missing X-Content-Type-Options after configuration typically indicates a misconfiguration or override in your server setup, requiring a validation audit to detect the exact discrepancy and generate framework-specific remediation guidance.