CWE-497 351 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-497: Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Overview

CWE-497 (Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere) 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 does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-Specific Undetermined
technology Web Based 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-2023-37507 2026-07-21 HCL DevOps Plan is susceptible to an information disclosure that can allow an attacker to focus their attacks based upon the information revealed.
CVE-2026-10588 2026-07-16 A potential vulnerability could allow a local privileged attacker to disclose the address of protected System Management Mode memory.
CVE-2026-50294 2026-07-14 Exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere in Windows Kernel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
CVE-2026-61977 2026-07-13 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in Crocoblock JetSearch jet-search allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects JetSearch: from n…
CVE-2026-61976 2026-07-13 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in Crocoblock JetBlocks For Elementor jet-blocks allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects Jet…
CVE-2026-61975 2026-07-13 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in Crocoblock JetReviews jet-reviews allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects JetReviews: fro…
CVE-2026-57393 2026-07-13 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in EDGARROJAS WooCommerce PDF Invoice Builder woo-pdf-invoice-builder allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.T…
CVE-2026-14808 2026-07-06 Prog Management System developed by PROG MIS has a Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to view a specific page and obtain the database acco…
CVE-2026-55726 2026-07-02 The Azure Blob Storage container used for Gardyn device logs is publicly listable without authentication. A malicious user would be able to access any device log file available in the blob storage con…
CVE-2026-57753 2026-07-02 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in Kit (formerly ConvertKit) for WooCommerce <= 2.1.5 versions.
CVE-2026-56124 2026-06-29 phpUploader before 2.0.2 contains an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability that allows remote attackers to access the full contents of the uploaded-files database table by visiting any …
CVE-2026-57664 2026-06-26 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in Bopo – WooCommerce Product Bundle Builder <= 1.1.6 versions.
CVE-2026-57633 2026-06-26 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in WCBoost &#8211; Products Compare <= 1.1.0 versions.
CVE-2026-57316 2026-06-26 Subscriber Sensitive Data Exposure in GetGenie <= 4.4.2 versions.
CVE-2026-56060 2026-06-26 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce <= 7.1.1 versions.
CVE-2026-54824 2026-06-26 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in Ads by WPQuads <= 3.0.3 versions.
CVE-2026-9307 2026-06-16 A sensitive information disclosure security issue exists within the affected CompactLogix controllers. The controller's web server exposes CIP Connection IDs on the diagnostics webpage, which are acce…
CVE-2026-52694 2026-06-15 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in Signature Add-On for WooCommerce <= 2.0 versions.
CVE-2026-49068 2026-06-15 Subscriber Sensitive Data Exposure in Coupon Affiliates <= 7.8.1 versions.
CVE-2026-49066 2026-06-15 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in Conekta Payment Gateway <= 6.0.0 versions.

Previous names

  • System Information Leak (2008-04-11)
  • Information Leak of System Data (2009-12-28)
  • Exposure of System Data to an Unauthorized Control Sphere (2020-02-24)

Content submission

Name
7 Pernicious Kingdoms
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, Type
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2009-05-27 CWE Content Team 1.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Description, Other_Notes
2009-12-28 CWE Content Team 1.7 updated Description, Name
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2011-09-13 CWE Content Team 2.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-05-03 CWE Content Team 2.11 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Taxonomy_Mappings
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Taxonomy_Mappings
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Description, Name, References, Relationships, Type
2021-03-15 CWE Content Team 4.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
2022-10-13 CWE Content Team 4.9 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description, Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2023-10-26 CWE Content Team 4.13 updated Observed_Examples
2025-04-03 CWE Content Team 4.17 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
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