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Reference Description
CVE-2002-1362 Crash via message type without separator character
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1362
CVE-2000-0116 Extra "<" in front of SCRIPT tag bypasses XSS prevention.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0116
MemberOf Relationships
This MemberOf relationships table shows additional CWE Catgeories and Views that reference this
weakness as a member. This information is often useful in understanding where a weakness fits
within the context of external information sources.
Nature Type ID Name Page
MemberOf 990 SFP Secondary Cluster: Tainted Input to Command 888 2413
MemberOf 1407 Comprehensive Categorization: Improper Neutralization 1400 2532
Notes
Maintenance
The list of children for this entry is far from complete. However, the types of special elements
might be too precise for use within CWE.
Terminology
Precise terminology for the underlying weaknesses does not exist. Therefore, these weaknesses
use the terminology associated with the manipulation.
Research Gap
Customized languages and grammars, even those that are specific to a particular product,
are potential sources of weaknesses that are related to special elements. However, most
researchers concentrate on the most commonly used representations for data transmission,
such as HTML and SQL. Any representation that is commonly used is likely to be a rich source of
weaknesses; researchers are encouraged to investigate previously unexplored representations.
Taxonomy Mappings
Mapped Taxonomy Name Node ID Fit Mapped Node Name
PLOVER Common Special Element
Manipulations
Software Fault Patterns SFP24 Tainted input to command
CWE-160: Improper Neutralization of Leading Special Elements
Weakness ID : 160
Structure : Simple
Abstraction : Variant
Description
The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly
neutralizes leading special elements that could be interpreted in unexpected ways when they are
sent to a downstream component.
Extended Description
As data is parsed, improperly handled leading special elements may cause the process to take
unexpected actions that result in an attack.
Relationships
The table(s) below shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this
weakness. These relationships are defined as ChildOf, ParentOf, MemberOr and give insight to
CWE Version 4.14
CWE-160: Improper Neutralization of Leading Special Elements
CWE-160: Improper Neutralization of Leading Special Elements