CWE-525
Use of Web Browser Cache Containing Sensitive Information
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The web application does not use an appropriate caching policy that specifies the extent to which each web page and associated form fields should be cached.
Status
incomplete
Abstraction
variant
Affected Platforms
Web Based
Web Server
Technical Details
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Common Consequences
confidentiality
Impacts
read application data
Potential Mitigations
Phases:
architecture and design
implementation
Descriptions:
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Protect information stored in cache.
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Do not store unnecessarily sensitive information in the cache.
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Use a restrictive caching policy for forms and web pages that potentially contain sensitive information.
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Consider using encryption in the cache.