Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-795

    CWE-795: Only Filtering Special Elements at a Specified Location

    The product receives data from an upstream component, but only accounts for special elements at a specified location, thereby missing remaining special elements that may exist 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