Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-792

    CWE-792: Incomplete Filtering of One or More Instances of Special Elements

    The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter one or more instances of special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

    Published:4 Dec 2009
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-791: Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements