CWE-5 2 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-5: J2EE Misconfiguration: Data Transmission Without Encryption

Overview

CWE-5 (J2EE Misconfiguration: Data Transmission Without Encryption) 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

Information sent over a network can be compromised while in transit. An attacker may be able to read or modify the contents if the data are sent in plaintext or are weakly encrypted.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Java 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-2025-52435 2026-01-10 J2EE Misconfiguration: Data Transmission Without Encryption vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. Improper handling of Pause Encryption procedure on Link Layer results in a previously encrypted connection …
CVE-2025-65297 2025-12-10 Aqara Hub devices including Camera Hub G3 4.1.9_0027, Hub M2 4.3.6_0027, and Hub M3 4.3.6_0025 automatically collect and upload unencrypted sensitive information. Note that this occurs without disclos…

Previous names

  • J2EE Misconfiguration: Insecure Transport (2008-04-11)

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
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Other_Notes
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Common_Consequences, Description
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated References, Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Potential_Mitigations
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 Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
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