Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE Definition / CWE-150
CWE-150: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component.
Published:19 Jul 2006
Organization:MITRE
Modified:30 Apr 2026
Related Weakness
CWE-138: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements
