Category: OWASP Top Ten 2007 Category A7 - Broken Authentication and Session Management
Obsolete
Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A7 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2007.
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-287 | Improper Authentication | When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. |
| CWE-301 | Reflection Attack in an Authentication Protocol | Simple authentication protocols are subject to reflection attacks if a malicious user can use the target machine to impersonate a trusted user. |
| CWE-522 | Insufficiently Protected Credentials | The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. |
| CWE-629 | Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2007) | CWE nodes in this view (graph) are associated with the OWASP Top Ten, as released in 2007. This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the OWASP Top Ten is available. |
Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage: Prohibited
Reasons: Category
Rationale:
This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
Comment:
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