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cis_9_14 — App Service restricts CORS to specific origins

Summary

Severity: Medium · Pillar: Network · Chain role: AMPLIFIER

Description

CORS configured with wildcard '*' allows any website to make cross-origin requests. Restricting CORS to specific trusted origins prevents cross-site data theft and CSRF-like attacks.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 AC-4
NIST 800-207
CIS Azure 9.14
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1189
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Initial Access
Zero-Trust Tenet
Framework tags cis-azure-2.0, nist-800-53

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/cis/appservice/cis_9_14.rego.

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