CWE-793

Variant Abstraction Level
Pillar — Highest-level weakness category
Class — Abstract, language-independent
Base — Specific enough to detect
Variant — Tied to specific technology
Compound — Requires multiple weaknesses Incomplete MITRE CWE Status
Stable — Fully reviewed and complete
Draft — Under development, may change
Incomplete — Partially defined by MITRE
Deprecated — No longer recommended
Obsolete — Replaced by another CWE
Only Filtering One Instance of a Special Element

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.

Consequences

Integrity — Unexpected State