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.
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.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | — | Not Language-Specific | Undetermined | — |
| technology | — | Not Technology-Specific | Undetermined | — |
| technology | — | Web Based | Undetermined | — |
| technology | Web Server | — | Undetermined | — |
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… |
| 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 |