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

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What the weakness is: CWE-315 at MITRE. OWASP Top 10: A02:2025 Security Misconfiguration

Related attack patterns (CAPEC): 4
  • CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-37 Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-39 Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens Likelihood: High · Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-74 Manipulating State Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to CWE-315, as MITRE names them. Credits.

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