CWE

CWE-540 – Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code

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Description

Source code on a web server or repository often contains sensitive information and should generally not be accessible to users.

There are situations where it is critical to remove source code from an area or server. For example, obtaining Perl source code on a system allows an attacker to understand the logic of the script and extract extremely useful information such as code bugs or logins and passwords.

Modes of Introduction:

– Implementation

 

 

Related Weaknesses

CWE-538

 

Consequences

Confidentiality: Read Application Data

 

Potential Mitigations

Phase: Architecture and Design, System Configuration

Description: 

Recommendations include removing this script from the web server and moving it to a location not accessible from the Internet.

CVE References

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