CWE-210 3 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-210: Self-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Overview

CWE-210 (Self-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product identifies an error condition and creates its own diagnostic or error messages that contain sensitive information.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2023-41027 2023-09-22 Credential disclosure in the '/webs/userpasswd.htm' endpoint in Juplink RX4-1500 Wifi router firmware versions V1.0.4 and V1.0.5 allows an authenticated attacker to leak the password for the administr…
CVE-2021-40126 2021-11-04 A vulnerability in the web-based dashboard of Cisco Umbrella could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an email enumeration attack against the Umbrella infrastructure. This vulnerabilit…
CVE-2018-19947 2020-09-11 The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this information exposure vulnerability could disclose sensitive information. QNAP has already fixed the issu…

Previous names

  • Product-Generated Error Message Information Leak (2011-03-29)
  • Information Exposure Through Generated Error Message (2012-10-30)
  • Information Exposure Through Self-generated Error Message (2020-02-24)

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-12-28 CWE Content Team 1.7 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Potential_Mitigations
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Name, Relationships
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated References, Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Name, Potential_Mitigations
2014-06-23 CWE Content Team 2.7 updated Other_Notes
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Functional_Areas, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Name, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Weakness_Ordinalities
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