Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-796

    CWE-796: Only Filtering Special Elements Relative to a Marker

    The product receives data from an upstream component, but only accounts for special elements positioned relative to a marker (e.g. at the beginning/end of a string; the second argument), 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

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

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