CWE-183

Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
AI Translation Available

The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are explicitly allowed by policy because the inputs are assumed to be safe, but the list is too permissive - that is, it allows an input that is unsafe, leading to resultant weaknesses.

Status
draft
Abstraction
base

Common Consequences

access control
Impacts
bypass protection mechanism

Detection Methods

automated static analysis

Potential Mitigations