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CWE-315Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie
Description
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext in a cookie.
Attackers can use widely-available tools to view the cookie and read the sensitive information. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.
Common consequences
- Confidentiality→Read Application Data