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CWE-315 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie

CWE-315

  • Abstraction:
  • Variant
  • Structure:
  • Simple
  • Status:
  • Draft
Weakness Name

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie

Description

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext in a cookie.

Attackers can use widely-available tools to view the cookie and read the sensitive information. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.

Common Consequences

Scope: Confidentiality

Impact: Read Application Data

Related Weaknesses
  • Release Date:
  • 2006-07-19
  • Latest Modification Date:
  • 2023-06-29

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