CWE-539 7 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-539: Use of Persistent Cookies Containing Sensitive Information

Overview

CWE-539 (Use of Persistent Cookies 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 uses persistent cookies, but the cookies contain sensitive information.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Web Based Undetermined
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-2026-35192 2026-05-05 An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.5 and 5.2 before 5.2.14. Response headers do not vary on cookies if a session is not modified, but `SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST` is `True`. A remote attacker c…
CVE-2026-24318 2026-04-14 Due to an Insecure session management vulnerability in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, an unauthenticated attacker could obtain valid session tokens and reuse them to gain unautho…
CVE-2025-52633 2026-02-03 HCL AION is affected by a Permanent Cookie Containing Sensitive Session Information vulnerability. It is storing sensitive session data in persistent cookies may increase the risk of unauthorized acce…
CVE-2025-27673 2025-03-05 Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) before Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.843 Application 20.0.1923 allows Cookie Returned in Response Body OVE-20230524-0017.
CVE-2024-39275 2024-09-27 Cookies of authenticated Advantech ADAM-5630 users remain as active valid cookies when a session is closed. Forging requests with a legitimate cookie, even if the session was terminated, allows an u…
CVE-2023-30861 2023-05-02 Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework. When all of the following conditions are met, a response containing data intended for one client may be cached and subsequently sent by the proxy…
CVE-2021-27463 2021-05-20 A vulnerability has been found in multiple revisions of Emerson Rosemount X-STREAM Gas Analyzer. The affected applications utilize persistent cookies where the session cookie attribute is not properly…

Previous names

  • Information Leak Through Persistent Cookies (2011-03-29)
  • Information Exposure Through Persistent Cookies (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
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Relationships
2010-09-27 CWE Content Team 1.10 updated Description, Other_Notes
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Name
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
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 Detection_Factors, 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
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