CWE

Common Weakness Enumeration

A Community-Developed Dictionary of Software Weakness Types
CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors Common Weakness Scoring System
Common Weakness Risk Analysis Framework
Home > CWE List > CWE- Individual Dictionary Definition (2.4)  

CWE-255: Credentials Management

 
Credentials Management
Category ID: 255 (Category)Status: Draft
+ Description

Description Summary

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of credentials.
+ Applicable Platforms

Languages

All

+ Relationships
NatureTypeIDNameView(s) this relationship pertains toView(s)
ChildOfCategoryCategory254Security Features
Development Concepts (primary)699
ChildOfCategoryCategory724OWASP Top Ten 2004 Category A3 - Broken Authentication and Session Management
Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2004) (primary)711
ParentOfWeakness VariantWeakness Variant261Weak Cryptography for Passwords
Development Concepts (primary)699
ParentOfWeakness VariantWeakness Variant262Not Using Password Aging
Development Concepts (primary)699
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness Base263Password Aging with Long Expiration
Development Concepts (primary)699
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness Base521Weak Password Requirements
Development Concepts (primary)699
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness Base522Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Development Concepts (primary)699
ParentOfWeakness VariantWeakness Variant549Missing Password Field Masking
Development Concepts (primary)699
ParentOfWeakness VariantWeakness Variant620Unverified Password Change
Development Concepts699
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness Base640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Development Concepts (primary)699
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness Base798Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Development Concepts (primary)699
MemberOfViewView635Weaknesses Used by NVD
Weaknesses Used by NVD (primary)635
+ Taxonomy Mappings
Mapped Taxonomy NameNode IDFitMapped Node Name
OWASP Top Ten 2004A3CWE_More_SpecificBroken Authentication and Session Management
+ Content History
Modifications
Modification DateModifierOrganizationSource
2008-09-08CWE Content TeamMITREInternal
updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2010-02-16CWE Content TeamMITREInternal
updated Relationships
Back to top
Page Last Updated: February 20, 2013
 

CWE is co-sponsored by the office of Cybersecurity and Communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

This Web site is sponsored and managed by The MITRE Corporation to enable stakeholder collaboration. Copyright © 2006-2013, The MITRE Corporation. CWE, CWSS, CWRAF, and the CWE logo are trademarks of The MITRE Corporation.

Contact cwe@mitre.org for more information.
Privacy policy
Terms of use
Contact us