Category: OWASP Top Ten 2010 Category A3 - Broken Authentication and Session Management
Obsolete
Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A3 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2010.
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-306 | Missing Authentication for Critical Function | The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. |
| CWE-307 | Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts | The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame. |
| CWE-798 | Use of Hard-coded Credentials | The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key. |
| CWE-809 | Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2010) | CWE nodes in this view (graph) are associated with the OWASP Top Ten, as released in 2010. This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the OWASP Top Ten is available.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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