CWE-209
AllowedGeneration of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data.
838 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-8C64-Q78Q-87R6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-29 15:30 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:18Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-6vjm-54vp-mxhx. This link has been maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
An issue was discovered in Juju that resulted in the leak of the sensitive context ID, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to access other sensitive data or relation accessible to the local charm.
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"introduced": "0"
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"fixed": "2.9.50"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2024-08-05T17:18:32Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-29T14:15:04Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "## Duplicate Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-6vjm-54vp-mxhx. This link has been maintained to preserve external references.\n\n## Original Description\n\nAn issue was discovered in Juju that resulted in the leak of the sensitive context ID, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to access other sensitive data or relation accessible to the local charm.",
"id": "GHSA-8c64-q78q-87r6",
"modified": "2024-08-05T17:18:32Z",
"published": "2024-07-29T15:30:38Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/juju/juju/security/advisories/GHSA-6vjm-54vp-mxhx"
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6984"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/juju/juju/commit/da929676853092a29ddf8d589468cf85ba3efaf2"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/juju/juju"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6984"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Duplicate Advisory: Juju leaks of the sensitive context ID",
"withdrawn": "2024-08-05T17:18:32Z"
}
GHSA-8CPH-RGR4-G5VJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-29 19:18 – Updated: 2026-06-12 21:59Impact
Parse Server's GraphQL endpoint discloses schema metadata to unauthenticated callers through Did you mean ...? suggestions embedded in GraphQL validation-error messages. An unauthenticated caller who knows only the public application id can iteratively send malformed queries to reconstruct class names, field names, argument names, mutation names, and input-object fields. This bypasses the IntrospectionControlPlugin enforced when graphQLPublicIntrospection: false (the default) and defeats the schema-hiding goal of prior advisories GHSA-48q3-prgv-gm4w and GHSA-q5q9-2rhp-33qw. Schema disclosure aids reconnaissance for downstream authorization probing but does not by itself leak object data or authentication material.
Patches
A new SchemaSuggestionsControlPlugin Apollo plugin strips the Did you mean ...? suffix from GraphQL validation-error messages during validationDidStart, which runs before any introspection gate. The plugin applies only when graphQLPublicIntrospection: false and the caller is not a master-key or maintenance-key holder, matching the trust model of the existing IntrospectionControlPlugin.
Workarounds
No code workaround is available short of disabling the GraphQL API (mountGraphQL: false). Operators who require disclosure-resistant validation errors should upgrade to a patched release.
Resources
- GitHub security advisory: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-8cph-rgr4-g5vj
- Fix Parse Server 9: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10467
- Fix Parse Server 8: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10468
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"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "parse-server"
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"introduced": "9.0.0"
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"fixed": "9.9.1-alpha.2"
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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"name": "parse-server"
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"ranges": [
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"fixed": "8.6.78"
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-47248"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-29T19:18:01Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-12T19:16:28Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nParse Server\u0027s GraphQL endpoint discloses schema metadata to unauthenticated callers through `Did you mean ...?` suggestions embedded in GraphQL validation-error messages. An unauthenticated caller who knows only the public application id can iteratively send malformed queries to reconstruct class names, field names, argument names, mutation names, and input-object fields. This bypasses the `IntrospectionControlPlugin` enforced when `graphQLPublicIntrospection: false` (the default) and defeats the schema-hiding goal of prior advisories GHSA-48q3-prgv-gm4w and GHSA-q5q9-2rhp-33qw. Schema disclosure aids reconnaissance for downstream authorization probing but does not by itself leak object data or authentication material.\n\n### Patches\n\nA new `SchemaSuggestionsControlPlugin` Apollo plugin strips the `Did you mean ...?` suffix from GraphQL validation-error messages during `validationDidStart`, which runs before any introspection gate. The plugin applies only when `graphQLPublicIntrospection: false` and the caller is not a master-key or maintenance-key holder, matching the trust model of the existing `IntrospectionControlPlugin`.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNo code workaround is available short of disabling the GraphQL API (`mountGraphQL: false`). Operators who require disclosure-resistant validation errors should upgrade to a patched release.\n\n### Resources\n\n- GitHub security advisory: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-8cph-rgr4-g5vj\n- Fix Parse Server 9: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10467\n- Fix Parse Server 8: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10468",
"id": "GHSA-8cph-rgr4-g5vj",
"modified": "2026-06-12T21:59:48Z",
"published": "2026-05-29T19:18:01Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-8cph-rgr4-g5vj"
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47248"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10467"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10468"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Parse Server\u0027s GraphQL \"Did you mean ...?\" validation suggestions disclose schema to unauthenticated callers"
}
GHSA-8CWH-XHW2-5V68
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-17 12:30 – Updated: 2024-10-17 12:30SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools is susceptible to a sensitive data disclosure vulnerability when a non-default setting has been enabled for troubleshooting purposes.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-45713"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-17T11:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools is susceptible to a sensitive data disclosure vulnerability when a non-default setting has been enabled for troubleshooting purposes.",
"id": "GHSA-8cwh-xhw2-5v68",
"modified": "2024-10-17T12:30:51Z",
"published": "2024-10-17T12:30:51Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45713"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2024-45713"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8FGC-JGP5-4737
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:41 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:41IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 196076.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-20402"
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"CWE-209"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-02-11T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 196076.",
"id": "GHSA-8fgc-jgp5-4737",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:41:54Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:41:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20402"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196076"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6414361"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-8FHC-Q55V-JVX2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-27 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:51A flaw was found in Red Hat's AMQ-Streams, which ships a version of the OKHttp component with an information disclosure flaw via an exception triggered by a header containing an illegal value. This issue could allow an authenticated attacker to access information outside of their regular permissions.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-0833"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-09-27T15:16:03Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in Red Hat\u0027s AMQ-Streams, which ships a version of the OKHttp component with an information disclosure flaw via an exception triggered by a header containing an illegal value. This issue could allow an authenticated attacker to access information outside of their regular permissions.",
"id": "GHSA-8fhc-q55v-jvx2",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:51:16Z",
"published": "2023-09-27T15:30:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0833"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/6738"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1241"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3223"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0833"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2169845"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8FJ4-3988-99M9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-12 06:33 – Updated: 2025-03-27 21:31An issue in Ametys CMS v4.5.0 and before allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via exposed resources to the error scope.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-30614"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-12T06:15:06Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue in Ametys CMS v4.5.0 and before allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via exposed resources to the error scope.",
"id": "GHSA-8fj4-3988-99m9",
"modified": "2025-03-27T21:31:08Z",
"published": "2024-04-12T06:33:24Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30614"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Lucky-lm/CVE-2024-30614/issues/1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8FVJ-RW6M-XRPH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-01 03:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 03:31XenForo before 2.3.7 discloses filesystem paths through exception messages triggered by open_basedir restrictions. This allows an attacker to obtain information about the server's directory structure.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-71282"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-01T01:16:40Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "XenForo before 2.3.7 discloses filesystem paths through exception messages triggered by open_basedir restrictions. This allows an attacker to obtain information about the server\u0027s directory structure.",
"id": "GHSA-8fvj-rw6m-xrph",
"modified": "2026-04-01T03:31:40Z",
"published": "2026-04-01T03:31:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71282"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xenforo-path-disclosure-via-open-basedir-exceptions"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xenforo-2-3-7-released-includes-security-fixes.232121"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-8G2W-RX55-7WG6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:51 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:51In SAP HANA Extended Application Services, 1.0, an unauthenticated user could test if a given username is valid by evaluating error messages of a specific endpoint.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-2379"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-02-14T12:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In SAP HANA Extended Application Services, 1.0, an unauthenticated user could test if a given username is valid by evaluating error messages of a specific endpoint.",
"id": "GHSA-8g2w-rx55-7wg6",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:51:07Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:51:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2379"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blogs.sap.com/2018/02/13/sap-security-patch-day-february-2018"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2589129"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8JQ2-G55W-RVQ3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:54 – Updated: 2022-12-03 00:30IBM Emptoris Sourcing 10.1.0 through 10.1.3, IBM Contract Management 10.1.0 through 10.1.3, and IBM Emptoris Spend Analysis 10.1.0 through 10.1.3 generates an error message that includes sensitive information that could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 164068.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-4484"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-08-20T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM Emptoris Sourcing 10.1.0 through 10.1.3, IBM Contract Management 10.1.0 through 10.1.3, and IBM Emptoris Spend Analysis 10.1.0 through 10.1.3 generates an error message that includes sensitive information that could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 164068.",
"id": "GHSA-8jq2-g55w-rvq3",
"modified": "2022-12-03T00:30:20Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:54:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4484"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164068"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10880221"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8M56-4V6J-Q5P8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:09 – Updated: 2024-03-21 03:33An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. If an unauthenticated attacker makes a POST request to /tools/developerConsoleOperations.jsp or /isomorphic/IDACall with malformed XML data in the _transaction parameter, the server replies with a verbose error showing where the application resides (the absolute path).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-9351"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200",
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-02-23T02:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. If an unauthenticated attacker makes a POST request to /tools/developerConsoleOperations.jsp or /isomorphic/IDACall with malformed XML data in the _transaction parameter, the server replies with a verbose error showing where the application resides (the absolute path).",
"id": "GHSA-8m56-4v6j-q5p8",
"modified": "2024-03-21T03:33:54Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:09:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9351"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/18"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www-demos.smartclient.com/smartclient-12.0/isomorphic/system/reference/?id=group..toolsDeployment"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-39
- Ensure that error messages only contain minimal details that are useful to the intended audience and no one else. The messages need to strike the balance between being too cryptic (which can confuse users) or being too detailed (which may reveal more than intended). The messages should not reveal the methods that were used to determine the error. Attackers can use detailed information to refine or optimize their original attack, thereby increasing their chances of success.
- If errors must be captured in some detail, record them in log messages, but consider what could occur if the log messages can be viewed by attackers. Highly sensitive information such as passwords should never be saved to log files.
- Avoid inconsistent messaging that might accidentally tip off an attacker about internal state, such as whether a user account exists or not.
Mitigation
Handle exceptions internally and do not display errors containing potentially sensitive information to a user.
Mitigation MIT-33
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Use naming conventions and strong types to make it easier to spot when sensitive data is being used. When creating structures, objects, or other complex entities, separate the sensitive and non-sensitive data as much as possible.
Mitigation MIT-40
Strategy: Compilation or Build Hardening
Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.
Mitigation MIT-40
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.
Mitigation
Where available, configure the environment to use less verbose error messages. For example, in PHP, disable the display_errors setting during configuration, or at runtime using the error_reporting() function.
Mitigation
Create default error pages or messages that do not leak any information.
CAPEC-215: Fuzzing for application mapping
An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash.
CAPEC-463: Padding Oracle Crypto Attack
An adversary is able to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key if a target system leaks data on whether or not a padding error happened while decrypting the ciphertext. A target system that leaks this type of information becomes the padding oracle and an adversary is able to make use of that oracle to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key by issuing on average 128*b calls to the padding oracle (where b is the number of bytes in the ciphertext block). In addition to performing decryption, an adversary is also able to produce valid ciphertexts (i.e., perform encryption) by using the padding oracle, all without knowing the encryption key.
CAPEC-54: Query System for Information
An adversary, aware of an application's location (and possibly authorized to use the application), probes an application's structure and evaluates its robustness by submitting requests and examining responses. Often, this is accomplished by sending variants of expected queries in the hope that these modified queries might return information beyond what the expected set of queries would provide.
CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection
Blind SQL Injection results from an insufficient mitigation for SQL Injection. Although suppressing database error messages are considered best practice, the suppression alone is not sufficient to prevent SQL Injection. Blind SQL Injection is a form of SQL Injection that overcomes the lack of error messages. Without the error messages that facilitate SQL Injection, the adversary constructs input strings that probe the target through simple Boolean SQL expressions. The adversary can determine if the syntax and structure of the injection was successful based on whether the query was executed or not. Applied iteratively, the adversary determines how and where the target is vulnerable to SQL Injection.