Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-625

    CWE-625: Permissive Regular Expression

    The product uses a regular expression that does not sufficiently restrict the set of allowed values.

    Published:7 May 2007
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:29 Jun 2023

    Related Weakness

    CWE-185: Incorrect Regular Expression

    CWE-187: Partial String Comparison

    CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

    CWE-183: Permissive List of Allowed Inputs