CWE-550: Server-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Description

Certain conditions, such as network failure, will cause a server error message to be displayed.

Submission Date :

July 19, 2006, midnight

Modification Date :

2023-06-29 00:00:00+00:00

Organization :

MITRE
Extended Description

While error messages in and of themselves are not dangerous, per se, it is what an attacker can glean from them that might cause eventual problems.

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