CWE-550

Server-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Medium

Description

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

Potential Impact

How to Fix

Architecture and Design

Recommendations include designing and adding consistent error handling mechanisms which are capable of handling any user input to your web application, providing meaningful detail to end-users, and preventing error messages that might provide information useful to an attacker from being displayed.

Related Weaknesses

References

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