# Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522)

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

- Prevalence: Alta Sin reglas de Shoulder
- Impact: Medio OWASP Top 10 #7
- Prevention: Ver MITRE Referencia externa

**OWASP:** Identification and Authentication Failures (A07:2021-Identification and Authentication Failures) - #7

## Description

When credentials are not properly protected during transmission or storage, attackers can capture them and use them to impersonate legitimate users.

## Prevention

## Consequences

- Obtener privilegios
- Eludir mecanismo de protección

## Mitigations

- Usa TLS para toda transmisión de credenciales
- Almacena credenciales usando hashing unidireccional fuerte con salt
- Usa mecanismos seguros de almacenamiento de credenciales