249 – Non-encrypted confidential information - Credentials
Description
The passwords are in plain text in the source code of the application allowing an attacker to view it without any encryption.
Impact
Obtain sensitive information to compromise resources or services
Recommendation
Verify that sensitive information, API keys and passwords are not included in the source code, nor in online code repositories.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet with access to the source code
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: L
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: P