CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
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The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission.
What the weakness is: CWE-311 at MITRE. OWASP Top 10: A06:2025 Insecure Design
Related attack patterns (CAPEC): 14
- CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-37 Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-65 Sniff Application Code Likelihood: Low · Severity: High
- CAPEC-157 Sniffing Attacks Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-158 Sniffing Network Traffic Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-204 Lifting Sensitive Data Embedded in Cache Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-383 Harvesting Information via API Event Monitoring Severity: Low
- CAPEC-384 Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle Severity: Low
- CAPEC-385 Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-386 Application API Navigation Remapping Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-387 Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-388 Application API Button Hijacking Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-477 Signature Spoofing by Mixing Signed and Unsigned Content Likelihood: Low · Severity: High
- CAPEC-609 Cellular Traffic Intercept Severity: Low
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to CWE-311, as MITRE names them. Credits.
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