Weakness · Medium
CWE-792: Incomplete Filtering of One or More Instances of Special Elements
What it is
The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter one or more instances of special elements before sending it to a downstream component.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Implementation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
In more detail
Incomplete filtering of this nature involves either: only filtering a single instance of a special element when more exist, or not filtering all instances or all elements where multiple special elements exist.
What an attacker can do
- Unexpected State (Integrity)
How to prevent it
MITRE lists no specific mitigation for this weakness. Treat it like its parent weaknesses below: validate input, keep the design simple and review the code where it could appear.
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