CWE-531
Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Test Code
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Accessible test applications can pose a variety of security risks. Since developers or administrators rarely consider that someone besides themselves would even know about the existence of these applications, it is common for them to contain sensitive information or functions.
Status
incomplete
Abstraction
variant
Affected Platforms
Technical Details
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Common Consequences
confidentiality
Impacts
read application data
Potential Mitigations
Phases:
distribution
installation
Descriptions:
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Remove test code before deploying the application into production.