CWE-317 8 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-317: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI

Overview

CWE-317 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI) 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 stores sensitive information in cleartext within the GUI.

Applicable platforms

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

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-2025-14816 2026-04-08 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi El…
CVE-2026-27516 2026-02-24 Binardat 10G08-0800GSM network switch firmware version V300SP10260209 and prior expose user passwords in plaintext within the administrative interface and HTTP responses, allowing recovery of valid cr…
CVE-2026-24431 2026-01-26 Shenzhen Tenda W30E V2 firmware versions up to and including V16.01.0.19(5037) display stored user account passwords in plaintext within the administrative web interface. Any user with access to the a…
CVE-2021-34751 2024-11-15 A vulnerability in the administrative web-based GUI configuration manager of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive configur…
CVE-2021-34750 2024-11-15 A vulnerability in the administrative web-based GUI configuration manager of Cisco Firepower Management Center Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive configuration …
CVE-2022-29090 2022-08-10 Dell Wyse Management Suite 3.6.1 and below contains a Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability. A low privileged malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to obtain credentials…
CVE-2022-0354 2022-04-22 A vulnerability was reported in Lenovo System Update that could allow a local user with interactive system access the ability to execute code with elevated privileges only during the installation of a…
CVE-2019-13947 2019-12-12 A vulnerability has been identified in Control Center Server (CCS) (All versions < V1.5.0). The user configuration menu in the web interface of the Control Center Server (CCS) transfers user passwords…

Previous names

  • Plaintext Storage in GUI (2013-07-17)

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 Applicable_Platforms, Description, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships
2013-07-17 CWE Content Team 2.5 updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Name, Potential_Mitigations, Terminology_Notes
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
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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