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CWE-536 — Servlet Runtime Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-536

CWE-536: Servlet Runtime Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Variant
Status Incomplete
Likelihood of exploit

Description

A servlet error message indicates that there exists an unhandled exception in the web application code and may provide useful information to an attacker.

Common consequences

  • Confidentiality: Read Application Data

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/536.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html