Using the Research View to Identify Gaps
Another benefit of collocating similar core weaknesses is the ease of applying a consistent vocabulary across CWE. Weaknesses that had no relationships before are brought together and allow the CWE team to see inconspicuous relationships and trends. For example, CWE-696 (Incorrect Behavior Order) was created as a weakness class for several entries where the fundamental problem was performing operations in the incorrect sequence. The first level of children of CWE-696 under the Research view now reads:
CWE-179 Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Validation
CWE-408 Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Amplification