Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code
Source code on a web server or repository often contains sensitive information and should generally not be accessible to users.
Description
There are situations where it is critical to remove source code from an area or server. For example, obtaining Perl source code on a system allows an attacker to understand the logic of the script and extract extremely useful information such as code bugs or logins and passwords.
See Also
Weaknesses in this category are related to sensitive information exposure.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A01 category "Broken Access Control" in the OWASP Top Ten 2021.
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Exposed Data cluster (SFP23).
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