CWE - CWE-731: OWASP Top Ten 2004 Category A10 - Insecure Configuration Management (4.15)

Category ID: 731

Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITEDThis CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities

Summary

Weaknesses in this category are related to the A10 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2004.

Membership

Nature	Type	ID	Name
MemberOf	View - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries).	711	Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2004)
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	5	J2EE Misconfiguration: Data Transmission Without Encryption
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	6	J2EE Misconfiguration: Insufficient Session-ID Length
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	7	J2EE Misconfiguration: Missing Custom Error Page
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	8	J2EE Misconfiguration: Entity Bean Declared Remote
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	9	J2EE Misconfiguration: Weak Access Permissions for EJB Methods
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	11	ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Creating Debug Binary
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	12	ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Missing Custom Error Page
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	13	ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Password in Configuration File
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	209	Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	215	Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging Code
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	219	Storage of File with Sensitive Data Under Web Root
HasMember	Category - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic.	275	Permission Issues
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	295	Improper Certificate Validation
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	459	Incomplete Cleanup
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	489	Active Debug Code
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	520	.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Impersonation
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	526	Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	527	Exposure of Version-Control Repository to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	528	Exposure of Core Dump File to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	529	Exposure of Access Control List Files to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	530	Exposure of Backup File to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	531	Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Test Code
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	532	Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	540	Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	541	Inclusion of Sensitive Information in an Include File
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	548	Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	552	Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	554	ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Not Using Input Validation Framework
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	555	J2EE Misconfiguration: Plaintext Password in Configuration File
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	556	ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation

Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage: PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reason: Category

Rationale:

This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.

Comments:

See member weaknesses of this category.

References

[REF-591] OWASP. "A10 Insecure Configuration Management". 2007. <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64424&package_id=70827>.

Content History

Submissions
Submission Date	Submitter	Organization
2008-08-15 (CWE 1.0, 2008-09-09)		Veracode
2008-08-15 (CWE 1.0, 2008-09-09)	Suggested creation of view and provided mappings
Modifications
Modification Date	Modifier	Organization
2009-03-10	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2009-03-10	updated Relationships
2017-11-08	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2017-11-08	updated Relationships
2018-03-27	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2018-03-27	updated Relationships
2020-02-24	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2020-02-24	updated Relationships
2023-04-27	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2023-04-27	updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2023-06-29	updated Mapping_Notes

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE CATEGORY: OWASP Top Ten 2004 Category A10 - Insecure Configuration Management


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