A Penetration Tester Delivers a Web Application Vulnerability Scan Report

question 123

Multiple Choice

A penetration tester delivers a web application vulnerability scan report to a client. The penetration tester rates a vulnerability as medium severity. The same vulnerability was reported as a critical severity finding on the previous report. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the reduced severity?

• A) The client has applied a hot fix without updating the version.
• B) The threat landscape has significantly changed.
• C) The client has updated their codebase with new features.
• D) Thera are currently no known exploits for this vulnerability.

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