CWE-181
Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Filter
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The product validates data before it has been filtered, which prevents the product from detecting data that becomes invalid after the filtering step.
Status
draft
Abstraction
variant
Affected Platforms
Extended Description
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This can be used by an attacker to bypass the validation and launch attacks that expose weaknesses that would otherwise be prevented, such as injection.
Technical Details
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Common Consequences
access control
Impacts
bypass protection mechanism
Potential Mitigations
Phases:
implementation
architecture and design
Descriptions:
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Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being filtered.
Functional Areas
protection mechanism