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CWE-497: Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Weakness Summary

The product does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does.

  • Canonical source: MITRE CWE-497 (opens in a new tab)
  • Published Atomicorp CVE observations: 3
  • Distinct affected products in those observations: 2
  • Active Atomicorp rules associated with this weakness: 7

Atomicorp Research Context

Atomicorp has published CVE-specific research observations associated with this weakness category. Each linked CVE page states whether the tested request was detected or blocked and is the authoritative customer-facing finding.

The CVEs and rules shown here are selected published examples, not a complete list of Atomicorp protections. If a CWE, CVE, or rule is absent from this page, no conclusion should be drawn about whether Atomicorp protects against that weakness or attack method.

A CWE describes a class of software weakness. It does not identify one exploit request, and association with a CWE does not mean that every vulnerability or exploitation path in that category is detected or blocked.

Selected Published CVE Observations

CVEVulnerabilityProductAtomicorp findingObserved rules
CVE-2026-34413Xerte Online Toolkits Arbitrary File Upload - Unauthenticated Media UploadxerteonlinetoolkitsProtected by Atomicorp rules340007 , 344360 , 347009 , 390709
CVE-2025-34442AVideo notify.ffmpeg.json.php Unauthenticated RCE via Salt DiscoveryavideoProtected by Atomicorp rules340128 , 380018 , 390801
CVE-2026-41459Xerte Online Toolkits Arbitrary File Upload - Unauthenticated Media UploadxerteonlinetoolkitsProtected by Atomicorp rules340007 , 344360 , 347009 , 390709

Associated Atomicorp WAF Rules

RuleStatusBehavior
340007Activedisruptive (deny)
340128Activedisruptive (deny)
344360Activedisruptive (deny)
347009Activedisruptive (deny)
380018Activedisruptive (deny)
390709Activedisruptive (deny)
390801Activedisruptive (deny)

MITRE associates this CWE with the following attack-pattern entries. These taxonomy relationships are context, not Atomicorp coverage claims:

CAPEC-170 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-694 (opens in a new tab)