Leakage of sensitive data to Google Tag Manager

Overview

• Rule ID: javascript_third_parties_google_tag_manager

• Applicable Languages: Javascript

• Weakness ID: CWE-201

Description

Exposing sensitive data to third-party services and tools like Google Tag Manager is a common cause of data leaks and can result in data breaches.

Remediation Guidelines

• Do ensure all sensitive data is removed when logging errors or events to Airbrake

• Do use unique identifiers from the database if you really need to identify users.

  datalayer.push({
    user: {
     uuid: user.uuid
    }
  })

References

• OWASP logging cheat sheet

• CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

• OWASP Top 10: A01:2021 - Broken Access Control

Configuration

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