CWE-794

Incomplete Filtering of Multiple Instances of Special Elements
AI Translation Available

The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not filter all instances of a special element before sending it to a downstream component.

Status
incomplete
Abstraction
variant

Incomplete filtering of this nature may be applied to:

- sequential elements (special elements that appear next to each other) or

- non-sequential elements (special elements that appear multiple times in different locations).

Common Consequences

integrity
Impacts
unexpected state

Potential Mitigations