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CWE CATEGORY: OWASP Top Ten 2007 Category A2 - Injection Flaws
Category ID: 713Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
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View - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries).629 Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2007) HasMember
Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') HasMember
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') HasMember
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.90 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection') HasMember
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.91 XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) HasMember
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') Usage: PROHIBITED
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