Microsoft Power Pages Misconfigurations Expose Millions of Records Globally

SaaS Security firm AppOmni has identified misconfigurations in Microsoft Power Pages that can lead to severe data breaches. Learn about the common issues that expose sensitive information and how to protect your data in SaaS applications.

A recent discovery by AppOmni, a SaaS security company, revealed a security vulnerability in Microsoft Power Pages, a low-code platform over 250 million people use monthly. This issue has led to the exposure of millions of sensitive data records across various organizations in public and private sectors, “spanning financial services, healthcare, automotive and more,” explained AppOmni’s chief of SaaS security research, Aaron Costello in a report shared with Hackread.com.

This, according to researchers, includes the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), which leaked information for over 1.1 million NHS employees, including email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses.

The root cause of these data leaks lies in misconfigured access controls within ...