CWE-315
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie
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The product stores sensitive information in cleartext in a cookie.
Status
draft
Abstraction
variant
Affected Platforms
Extended Description
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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.
Technical Details
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Common Consequences
confidentiality
Impacts
read application data
Detection Methods
automated static analysis