An information exposure is the intentional or unintentional disclosure of information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.The information eitherMany information exposures are resultant (e.g. PHP script error revealing the full path of the program), but they can also be primary (e.g. timing discrepancies in cryptography). There are many different types of problems that involve information exposures. Their severity can range widely depending on the type of information that is revealed.