Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)
The software does not adequately filter user-controlled input for special elements with control implications.
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Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and architecture of a system's input validation components. Frequently these deal with sanitizing, neutralizing a...
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Tainted Input to Command cluster (SFP24).
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CWE identifiers in this view are weaknesses that do not have associated Software Fault Patterns (SFPs), as covered by the CWE-888 view. As such, they represent gaps in...
This view (slice) lists weaknesses that can be introduced during implementation.
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