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CWE-796 - Only Filtering Special Elements Relative to a Marker

CWE-796

  • Abstraction:
  • Variant
  • Structure:
  • Simple
  • Status:
  • Incomplete
Weakness Name

Only Filtering Special Elements Relative to a Marker

Description

The product receives data from an upstream component, but only accounts for special elements positioned relative to a marker (e.g. "at the beginning/end of a string; the second argument"), thereby missing remaining special elements that may exist before sending it to a downstream component.

Common Consequences

Scope: Integrity

Impact: Unexpected State

Related Weaknesses
  • Release Date:
  • 2009-12-28
  • Latest Modification Date:
  • 2023-06-29

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