Password value set in cookie
Description: Password value set in cookie
Some applications issue a cookie containing the clear-text value of the password supplied by the user. This behavior increases the risk that users' passwords will be captured by an attacker. Any cookie-stealing vulnerabilities within the application or browser would enable an attacker to steal the user's credentials to the application.
Vulnerabilities that result in the disclosure of users' passwords can result in compromises that are extremely difficult to investigate due to obscured audit trails. Even if the application itself only handles non-sensitive information, exposing passwords puts users who have re-used their password elsewhere at risk.
Remediation: Password value set in cookie
Applications should not store user credentials within any client-side mechanism such as cookies.
Vulnerability classifications
Typical severity
Medium
Type index (hex)
0x00500900
Type index (decimal)
5245184