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Ghost Sites: Attackers are now Exposing Data From Deactivated Salesforce Sites

Varonis Threat Lab researchers recently discovered that Salesforce ‘ghost sites,’ that are no longer in use, if improperly deactivated and unmaintained may remain accessible and vulnerable of being illicitly used by threat actors. They noted how by compromising the host header, a hacker may gain access to sensitive PII and business data.

With the help of Salesforce Sites, businesses can build specialized communities where partners and clients could work collaboratively.

But when these communities are no longer required, they are frequently preserved rather than shut down. These sites aren’t examined for vulnerabilities since they aren’t maintained, and the administrators don’t update the security measures in accordance with contemporary guidelines.

Apparently, Varonis Threat Labs on its recent findings discovered that since these ghost sites were not properly deactivated, they were easily accessible to attackers who were using them to put illicit data, exploiting the sites.

They added that the exposed data did not only consist of the old data of the sites, but also fresh records that were disclosed to guest user, who shared configuration in the Salesforce environment.

Salesforce Ghost Sites

According to Varonis Threat Labs, Salesforce ghost sites are created when a company, instead of using unappealing internet URLs uses a custom domain name. This is done so that the or

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