Nama: Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String

The web application uses an HTTP method to process a request, but the request includes sensitive information in the query string.

Informasi Umum

Detail Latar Belakang

Mode Pengenalan

Architecture and Design
Implementation

Platform yang Berlaku

Bahasa

Kelas: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Teknologi

Kelas: Web Based (Often)
Nama: Web Server (Undetermined)

Konsekuensi Umum

Cakupan	Dampak	Kemungkinan
Confidentiality	Read Application Data

Contoh yang Diamati

Referensi	Deskripsi
CVE-2025-1738	Security camera includes a password in its query string
CVE-2025-31954	ML/NLP-based automation product calls a GET method with sensitive information in the query string.
CVE-2024-31842	Web-based communication product includes an access token in the query string of a GET request
CVE-2022-23546	A discussion platform leaks private information in GET requests.

Mitigasi yang Memungkinkan

Phases : Implementation
When sending sensitive information, only include it in the request body or request headers instead of the query string. This may require avoiding use of GET requests.

Metode Deteksi

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
Efektivitas : High

Catatan Pemetaan Kerentanan

Justifikasi : This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Komentar : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Referensi

REF-1512

Information exposure through query strings in URL
OWASP.
https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/Information_exposure_through_query_strings_in_url

Pengajuan

Nama	Organisasi	Tanggal	Tanggal rilis	Version
CWE Community		2006-12-15 +00:00	2006-12-15 +00:00	Draft 5

Modifikasi

Nama	Organisasi	Tanggal	Komentar
Eric Dalci	Cigital	2008-07-01 +00:00	updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2008-09-08 +00:00	updated Relationships, Other_Notes
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2009-03-10 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-03-29 +00:00	updated Name
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-06-01 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences, Other_Notes
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-05-11 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-10-30 +00:00	updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2014-07-30 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-02-24 +00:00	updated Description, Name, Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2021-07-20 +00:00	updated Description
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2021-10-28 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-04-27 +00:00	updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-06-29 +00:00	updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-10-26 +00:00	updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2025-04-03 +00:00	updated Description, Diagram, Other_Notes
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2025-12-11 +00:00	updated Applicable_Platforms, Background_Details, Common_Consequences, Other_Notes, References, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2026-04-30 +00:00	updated Background_Details, Description, Name, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations

Detail CWE-598

CWE-598