CWE-612 11 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-612: Improper Authorization of Index Containing Sensitive Information

Overview

CWE-612 (Improper Authorization of Index 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 product creates a search index of private or sensitive documents, but it does not properly limit index access to actors who are authorized to see the original information.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-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-2019-25605 2026-03-22 EquityPandit 1.0 contains an insecure logging vulnerability that allows attackers to capture sensitive user credentials by accessing developer console logs via Android Debug Bridge. Attackers can use …
CVE-2025-3660 2026-01-04 Petlibro Smart Pet Feeder Platform versions up to 1.7.31 contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows authenticated users to access other users' pet data by exploiting missing ownership …
CVE-2025-3654 2026-01-04 Petlibro Smart Pet Feeder Platform versions up to 1.7.31 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthorized access to device hardware information by exploiting insecure API endp…
CVE-2025-3653 2026-01-04 Petlibro Smart Pet Feeder Platform versions up to 1.7.31 contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows unauthorized device manipulation by accepting arbitrary serial numbers without ow…
CVE-2025-57756 2025-08-28 Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 4.9.14 and prior to 4.13.56, 5.3.38, and 5.6.1, protected content elements that are rendered as fragments are indexed and become publicly availa…
CVE-2024-49071 2024-12-12 Improper authorization of an index that contains sensitive information from a Global Files search in Windows Defender allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
CVE-2024-25635 2024-02-19 alf.io is an open source ticket reservation system. Prior to version 2.0-Mr-2402, organization owners can view the generated API KEY and USERS of other organization owners using the `http://192.168.26…
CVE-2023-4560 2023-08-28 Improper Authorization of Index Containing Sensitive Information in GitHub repository omeka/omeka-s prior to 4.0.4.
CVE-2022-41918 2022-11-15 OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level sec…
CVE-2022-35980 2022-08-12 OpenSearch Security is a plugin for OpenSearch that offers encryption, authentication and authorization. Versions 2.0.0.0 and 2.1.0.0 of the security plugin are affected by an information disclosure v…
CVE-2022-22565 2022-04-12 Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 9.0.0-9.3.0, contain an improper authorization of index containing sensitive information. An authenticated and privileged user could potentially exploit this vulnerabil…

Previous names

  • Information Leak Through Insecure Indexing (2008-04-11)
  • Information Leak Through Indexing of Private Data (2011-03-29)
  • Information Exposure Through Indexing of Private Data (2020-02-24)

Content submission

Name
Anonymous Tool Vendor (under NDA)
Date
2007-05-07
Version
Draft 6

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 Description, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Other_Notes, Research_Gaps
2010-02-16 CWE Content Team 1.8 updated Taxonomy_Mappings
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Name
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Taxonomy_Mappings
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Description, Name, References, Relationships, Type
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2023-10-26 CWE Content Team 4.13 updated Observed_Examples
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Weakness_Ordinalities
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