Which of the following best describes a situation where an application is vulnerable due to default credentials not being changed after installation?
Injection flaw
Cross-site scripting
Buffer overflow
Security misconfiguration
A security misconfiguration occurs when security settings are defined, implemented, maintained, or used improperly, making the system vulnerable. Default credentials are a typical example of such a misconfiguration because attackers can easily exploit these well-known defaults to gain unauthorized access.
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