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CWE-793 — Only Filtering One Instance of a Special Element

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-793

CWE-793: Only Filtering One Instance of a Special Element

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Variant
Status Incomplete
Likelihood of exploit

Description

The product receives data from an upstream component, but only filters a single instance of a special element before sending it to a downstream component.

Incomplete filtering of this nature may be location-dependent, as in only the first or last element is filtered.

Common consequences

  • Integrity: Unexpected State

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/793.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html