CWE-349 — Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
CWE-349: Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
MITRE CWE weakness
| Kind | Weakness |
| Abstraction | Base |
| Status | Draft |
| Likelihood of exploit | — |
Description
The product, when processing trusted data, accepts any untrusted data that is also included with the trusted data, treating the untrusted data as if it were trusted.
Common consequences
- Access Control, Integrity: Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Application Data
Mitigations
(none listed)
References
- CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/349.html
- CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html
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