CWE-525 29 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-525: Use of Web Browser Cache Containing Sensitive Information

Overview

CWE-525 (Use of Web Browser Cache 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 web application does not use an appropriate caching policy that specifies the extent to which each web page and associated form fields should be cached.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Web Based Often
technology Web Server 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-2026-41918 2026-06-02 A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) (All versions < V4.0). The affected applications stores sensitive information in the browser cache when an authenticated user …
CVE-2026-41322 2026-04-24 @astrojs/node allows Astro to deploy your SSR site to Node targets. Prior to 10.0.5, requesting a static js/css resources from _astro path with an incorrect/malformed if-match header returns a 500 err…
CVE-2025-15554 2026-03-16 Browser caching of LAPS passwords in Truesec’s LAPSWebUI before version 2.4 allows an attacker with access to a workstation to escalate their privileges via disclosure of local admin passwords.
CVE-2025-36364 2026-03-03 IBM DevOps Plan 3.0.0 through 3.0.5 allows web page cache to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
CVE-2026-27514 2026-02-23 Shenzhen Tenda F3 Wireless Router firmware V12.01.01.55_multi contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability in the configuration download functionality. The configuration download response i…
CVE-2026-24437 2026-01-26 Shenzhen Tenda W30E V2 firmware versions up to and including V16.01.0.19(5037) serve sensitive administrative content without appropriate cache-control directives. As a result, browsers may store cred…
CVE-2025-52659 2026-01-19 HCL AION version 2 is affected by a Cacheable HTTP Response vulnerability. This may lead to unintended storage of sensitive or dynamic content, potentially resulting in unauthorized access or informat…
CVE-2025-13083 2025-11-18 Use of Web Browser Cache Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in Drupal Drupal core allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Drupal core: fr…
CVE-2025-62276 2025-11-01 The Document Library and the Adaptive Media modules in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.111, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.1…
CVE-2025-52625 2025-10-10 A vulnerability  Cacheable SSL Page Found vulnerability has been identified in HCL AION.  Cached data may expose credentials, system identifiers, or internal file paths to attackers with access to…
CVE-2025-36082 2025-09-15 IBM OpenPages 9.0 and 9.1 allows web page cache to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
CVE-2025-1348 2025-06-18 IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway 6.0.0.0 through 6.1.2.6 and 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.0.4 could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from a user’s web browser cache d…
CVE-2025-48947 2025-06-04 The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. In Auth0 Next.js SDK versions 4.0.1 through 4.6.0, `__session` cookies set by auth0.middleware may be c…
CVE-2025-1334 2025-06-03 IBM QRadar Suite Software 1.10.12.0 through 1.11.2.0 and IBM Cloud Pak for Security 1.10.0.0 through 1.10.11.0 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
CVE-2025-27525 2025-05-15 Information Exposure vulnerability in Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Smart Device Manager on Windows.This issue affects JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Smart Device Manager: from 12-00 before 12-…
CVE-2023-43035 2025-04-10 IBM Sterling Control Center 6.2.1, 6.3.1, and 6.4.0 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
CVE-2024-31906 2025-01-26 IBM Automation Decision Services 23.0.2 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
CVE-2024-22349 2025-01-20 IBM DevOps Velocity 5.0.0 and IBM UrbanCode Velocity 4.0.0 through 4.0. 25 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
CVE-2024-45314 2024-09-04 Flask-AppBuilder is an application development framework. Prior to version 4.5.1, the auth DB login form default cache directives allows browser to locally store sensitive data. This can be an issue o…
CVE-2024-30130 2024-07-19 HCL Nomad server on Domino is vulnerable to the cache containing sensitive information which could potentially give an attacker the ability to acquire the sensitive information.

Previous names

  • Information Leak Through Browser Caching (2011-03-29)
  • Information Exposure Through Browser Caching (2020-02-24)

Content submission

Name
Anonymous Tool Vendor (under NDA)
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Common_Consequences, Other_Notes, Potential_Mitigations
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Name
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-06-27 CWE Content Team 2.0 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 Taxonomy_Mappings
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Description, Name, Relationships
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
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 Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations
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