---
description: Avoid Using Plain Text For Password Parameter
ms.custom: PSSA v1.22.0
ms.date: 06/28/2023
ms.topic: reference
title: AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword
---
# AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword

**Severity Level: Warning**

## Description

Password parameters that take in plaintext will expose passwords and compromise the security of your
system. Passwords should be stored in the **SecureString** type.

The following parameters are considered password parameters (this is not case sensitive):

- Password
- Pass
- Passwords
- Passphrase
- Passphrases
- PasswordParam

If a parameter is defined with a name in the above list, it should be declared with type
**SecureString**.

## How

Change the type to **SecureString**.

## Example

### Wrong

```powershell
function Test-Script
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
    (
        [string]
        $Password
    )
    ...
}
```

### Correct

```powershell
function Test-Script
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
    (
        [SecureString]
        $Password
    )
    ...
}
```
