Security Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-598Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String

Abstraction: Variant · CVEs in our corpus: 101

The web application uses an HTTP method to process a request, but the request includes sensitive information in the query string.

Last updated: 15 October 2026 14:21 UTC

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

This weakness contributes to A06:2025 Insecure Design.

Control responseHuman-reviewed

Answering this weakness across the control lifecycle, from our framework cross-walks.

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • SC-9 Transmission Confidentiality
  • PR.PS-06
  • PR.DS-02
Detect
Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V14.2.1

NIST 800-53 r5 controls PROPOSED for this weakness (1)AI-assisted

These are model PROPOSALS, not graded mappings. They come from controls_to_cwe_proposals, which carries no grade field at all; across the CWE pages 1,540 of 1,722 such associations (89%) have never been graded by anything. The heading said “address” until 2026-09-29, which asserted a relationship the data does not carry. Graded cross-walks are on the framework map, not here.

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
SC-9Transmission ConfidentialitySCProtects sensitive data placed in query strings from interception in transit when confidentiality controls like HTTPS are enforced.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2017-3185 7.89.80.03222017-12-16
CVE-2018-14822 7.89.80.02922018-10-02
CVE-2023-6014 7.59.80.01172023-11-16
CVE-2026-761797.49.80.00652026-08-28
CVE-2026-74880 7.39.80.00562026-08-17
CVE-2025-692707.29.80.00332026-01-12
CVE-2019-18573 6.78.80.00992019-12-18
CVE-2020-5331 6.78.80.00722020-05-04
CVE-2021-36328 6.78.80.00872021-11-30
CVE-2025-57800 6.68.80.00462025-08-22
CVE-2026-1078076.58.80.00312026-10-09
CVE-2021-21594 6.48.20.00812021-08-16
CVE-2025-50110 6.48.80.00272025-09-15
CVE-2019-6531 6.38.10.01022019-04-02
CVE-2022-22551 6.28.30.00392022-01-21
CVE-2024-31206 6.28.20.00332024-04-04
CVE-2025-56551 6.28.20.00362025-10-03
CVE-2026-23846 6.18.10.00462026-01-19
CVE-2025-69634 6.19.00.00172026-02-12
CVE-2026-546526.18.10.00412026-07-08
CVE-2026-340206.07.50.00792026-04-09
CVE-2022-24414 5.97.60.00652022-05-26
CVE-2025-26473 5.97.50.00462025-02-13
CVE-2026-153225.97.50.00522026-07-17
CVE-2026-63408 5.97.50.00492026-08-19