Server version disclosed

Check id: hdr.server_leak · fix effort: low

What it means

Your responses advertise exact server software versions, which is free reconnaissance for attackers.

The technical detail

Server or X-Powered-By includes a version string. Suppress or genericize it.

How to fix it

  1. Suppress or genericize the header (Apache ServerTokens Prod, nginx server_tokens off, remove X-Powered-By).

Does your domain have this problem?

Run a free scan, takes about ten seconds.