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CWE · MITRE source

CWE-790Improper Filtering of Special Elements

Abstraction: Class · CVEs in our corpus: 13

The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not filter or incorrectly filters special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

Last updated: 09 May 2026 03:25 UTC

NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (0)AI

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Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2023-452393.79.80.28692023-10-06
CVE-2021-438022.09.90.00552021-12-09
CVE-2023-225782.010.00.00182023-02-16
CVE-2024-316161.88.80.00172024-04-23
CVE-2024-424161.88.80.01002024-09-05
CVE-2025-155761.57.50.00012026-03-09
CVE-2025-272601.57.50.00032026-03-25
CVE-2026-23281.57.50.00032026-03-30
CVE-2024-65401.25.70.00472024-07-15
CVE-2025-04311.25.80.00092025-03-19
CVE-2024-434421.04.90.00082024-08-26
CVE-2024-434431.04.90.00112024-08-26
CVE-2024-479840.94.40.00192024-12-13