Category: OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A6 - Sensitive Data Exposure
Obsolete
Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A6 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013.
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-311 | Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data | This vulnerability occurs when an application stores or sends sensitive information without first encrypting it, leaving the data exposed. |
| CWE-312 | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information | This vulnerability occurs when an application stores sensitive data like passwords, credit card numbers, or personal information in plain text, without any encryption. This unsecured data is kept in files, databases, caches, or logs that could be accessed by unauthorized users or systems. |
| CWE-319 | Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information | This vulnerability occurs when an application sends sensitive data, such as passwords or personal information, over a network connection without using encryption. Attackers can easily intercept and read this unprotected data as it travels. |
| CWE-325 | Missing Cryptographic Step | This vulnerability occurs when a software implementation skips a critical step in a cryptographic process, resulting in security that is significantly weaker than the intended algorithm provides. |
| CWE-326 | Inadequate Encryption Strength | This vulnerability occurs when an application protects sensitive information with encryption, but the specific algorithm or key strength used is too weak to withstand modern attack methods. |
| CWE-327 | Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm | The software relies on a cryptographic algorithm or protocol that is either fundamentally flawed or considered too weak by modern security standards. |
| CWE-328 | Use of Weak Hash | This vulnerability occurs when software uses a hashing algorithm that is cryptographically weak, allowing attackers to feasibly reverse the hash to find the original input, find a different input that creates the same hash, or discover collisions where two inputs produce identical hash values. |
| CWE-928 | Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2013) | CWE nodes in this view (graph) are associated with the OWASP Top Ten, as released in 2013. This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the OWASP Top Ten is available. |
| CWE-320 | Key Management Errors | Weaknesses in this category are related to errors in the management of cryptographic keys. |
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