CWE-315—Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie

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released 2006-07-19 · last modified 2025-12-11

Metadata

CWE ID:: CWE-315
Abstraction:: Variant
Structure:: Simple
Status:: Draft
Release Date:: 2006-07-19
Latest Modification Date:: 2025-12-11

Weakness Name

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie

Description

The product 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.

Common Consequences

Scope:: Confidentiality
Impact:: Read Application Data

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