CWE-8: J2EE Misconfiguration: Entity Bean Declared Remote
When an application exposes a remote interface for an entity bean, it might also expose methods that get or set the bean's data. These methods could be leveraged to read sensitive information, or to change data in ways that violate the application's expectations, potentially leading to other vulnerabilities.
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Overview
CWE-8 (J2EE Misconfiguration: Entity Bean Declared Remote) is a variant-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.
Common consequences
What can happen when CWE-8 is exploited.
Read Application Data, Modify Application Data
Affects: Confidentiality, Integrity
How it happens
When it is introduced
Typically introduced during these phases of the software lifecycle.
Applies to
Languages
How to prevent it
Practical mitigations for CWE-8, grouped by where in the lifecycle they apply.