Weakness (CWE)
CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Implementation, System Configuration, Operation
When storing data in the cloud (e.g., S3 buckets, Azure blobs, Google Cloud Storage, etc.), use the provider's controls to encrypt the data at rest. [REF-1297] [REF-1299] [REF-1301]
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Implementation, System Configuration, Operation
In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of "double encryption" (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.
Source: MITRE CWE-312
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Low 2.3CVE-2025-5154 Public exploit
PhonePe App SQLite Database databases cleartext storage in file
A vulnerability was identified in PhonePe App 25.03.21.0 on Android. This affects an unknown function of the file /data/data/com.phonepe.app/databases/ of the component SQLite Database. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage in a file or on disk. The att…
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Low 2.4CVE-2024-46383 Public exploit
Hathway Skyworth Router CM5100-511 v4.1.1.24 was discovered to store sensitive information about USB and Wifi connected…