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CWE WEAKNESSES  /  CWE-75

CWE-75

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)

Class

What it is

The product does not adequately filter user-controlled input for special elements with control implications.

Impact

Integrity, Confidentiality, AvailabilityModify Application Data, Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Mitigations

  • [Requirements] Programming languages and supporting technologies might be chosen which are not subject to these issues.
  • [Implementation] Utilize an appropriate mix of allowlist and denylist parsing to filter special element syntax from all input.

Related weaknesses

Test & detect

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Source: MITRE CWE. View on cwe.mitre.org →

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