1434
Weakness ID : 651
Structure : Simple
Abstraction : Variant
Description
The Web services architecture may require exposing a Web Service Definition Language (WSDL)
file that contains information on the publicly accessible services and how callers of these services
should interact with them (e.g. what parameters they expect and what types they return).
Extended Description
An information exposure may occur if any of the following apply:
• The WSDL file is accessible to a wider audience than intended.
• The WSDL file contains information on the methods/services that should not be publicly
accessible or information about deprecated methods. This problem is made more likely due to
the WSDL often being automatically generated from the code.
• Information in the WSDL file helps guess names/locations of methods/resources that should
not be publicly accessible.
Relationships
The table(s) below shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this
weakness. These relationships are defined as ChildOf, ParentOf, MemberOr and give insight to
similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction. In addition, relationships such
as PeerOf and CanAlsoBe are defined to show similar weaknesses that may want to be explored.
Relevant to the view "Research Concepts" (CWE-1000)
Nature Type ID Name Page
ChildOf 538 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible
File or Directory