Category: OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A5 - Security Misconfiguration

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Summary

Weaknesses in this category are related to the A5 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013.

Membership
IDNameDescription
CWE-209Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive InformationThe product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data.
CWE-215Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging CodeThe product inserts sensitive information into debugging code, which could expose this information if the debugging code is not disabled in production.
CWE-548Exposure of Information Through Directory ListingThe product inappropriately exposes a directory listing with an index of all the resources located inside of the directory.
CWE-928Weaknesses 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 This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the OWASP Top Ten is available.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-16ConfigurationWeaknesses in this category are typically introduced during the configuration of the software.
CWE-27PK - EnvironmentThis category represents one of the phyla in the Seven Pernicious Kingdoms vulnerability classification. It includes weaknesses that are typically introduced during unexpected environmental conditions. According to the authors of the Seven Pernicious Kingdoms, "This section includes everything that is outside of the source code but is still critical to the security of the product that is being created. Because the issues covered by this kingdom are not directly related to source code, we separated it from the rest of the kingdoms."
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