Description

The application 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.

Modes of Introduction:

– Architecture and Design

Related Weaknesses

CWE-312

Consequences

Confidentiality: Read Application Data

Potential Mitigations

CVE References

• CVE-2002-1800
  • Admin password in cleartext in a cookie.

• CVE-2001-1537
  • Default configuration has cleartext usernames/passwords in cookie.

• CVE-2001-1536
  • Usernames/passwords in cleartext in cookies.

• CVE-2005-2160
  • Authentication information stored in cleartext in a cookie.