CWE-1295

Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information

The product fails to adequately prevent the revealing of unnecessary and potentially sensitive system information within debugging messages.

Mitigation

Phase: Implementation

Description:

  • Ensure that a debug message does not reveal any unnecessary information during the debug process for the intended response.
CAPEC-121: Exploit Non-Production Interfaces

An adversary exploits a sample, demonstration, test, or debug interface that is unintentionally enabled on a production system, with the goal of gleaning information or leveraging functionality that would otherwise be unavailable.

Back to CWE stats page