Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie
CWE-315
CVSS severity (NVD, All Time)
Per technology (GHSA, All time)
100%-Pip
Short description
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext in a cookie.
Extended description
Attackers can use widely-available tools to view the cookie and read the sensitive information. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.