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CWE-791 — Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-791

CWE-791: Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Base
Status Incomplete
Likelihood of exploit

Description

The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

Common consequences

  • Integrity: Unexpected State

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/791.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html