Debugging messages help attackers learn about the system and plan a form of attack.
View on MITREASP .NET applications can be configured to produce debug binaries. These binaries give detailed debugging messages and should not be used in production environments. Debug binaries are meant to be used in a development or testing environment and can pose a security risk if they are deployed to production.
Attackers can leverage the additional information they gain from debugging output to mount attacks targeted on the framework, database, or other resources used by the application.
Avoid releasing debug binaries into the production environment. Change the debug mode to false when the application is deployed into production.
No detection method information available for this CWE.
The file web.config contains the debug mode setting. Setting debug to "true" will let the browser display debugging information.
Change the debug mode to false when the application is deployed into production.
No relationship information available for this CWE.
CWE-11: ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Creating Debug Binary is a Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) entry maintained by MITRE. Debugging messages help attackers learn about the system and plan a form of attack. ASP .NET applications can be configured to produce debug binaries. These binaries give detailed debugging messages and should not be used in production environments. Debug binaries are meant to be used in a development or testing environment and can pose a security risk if they are deployed to production.
If exploited, CWE-11 (ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Creating Debug Binary) it can compromise Confidentiality, leading to outcomes such as Read Application Data.
Recommended mitigations for CWE-11 include: Avoid releasing debug binaries into the production environment. Change the debug mode to false when the application is deployed into production.
CWE-11 commonly affects ASP.NET. Note that weaknesses are often language-agnostic patterns, so secure coding practices apply broadly.
A CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) like CWE-11 describes a category of software weakness — the underlying flaw type. A CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) identifies a specific, real-world vulnerability in a particular product. In short, a CWE is the kind of mistake, and a CVE is an instance of that mistake being found in software.