Accessible test applications can pose a variety of security
risks. Since developers or administrators rarely consider that someone besides
themselves would even know about the existence of these applications, it is
common for them to contain sensitive information or
functions.
Time of Introduction
Operation
Demonstrative Examples
Example 1
Examples of common issues with test applications include
administrative functions, listings of usernames, passwords or session
identifiers and information about the system, server or application
configuration.
Potential Mitigations
Phase
Description
Remove test code before deploying the application into
production.
Description
