Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-651

    CWE-651: Exposure of WSDL File Containing Sensitive Information

    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).

    Published:30 Jan 2008
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:28 Oct 2026

    Related Weakness

    CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory