CWE-5

J2EE Misconfiguration: Data Transmission Without Encryption
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Information sent over a network can be compromised while in transit. An attacker may be able to read or modify the contents if the data are sent in plaintext or are weakly encrypted.

Status
draft
Abstraction
variant
Java

Common Consequences

confidentiality integrity
Impacts
read application data modify application data

Potential Mitigations

Phases:
system configuration
Descriptions:
• The product configuration should ensure that SSL or an encryption mechanism of equivalent strength and vetted reputation is used for all access-controlled pages.