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What is this endpoint?

includes/config.php

PHP include configuration file commonly containing credentials

What an attacker could do

Discloses application secrets such as database credentials, API keys, and framework salts, allowing an attacker to authenticate to the database or forge session tokens and escalate to broader application compromise.

How to defend it

Store the config outside the document root or load secrets from environment variables, and add web server rules to deny direct access to files in the includes directory.

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