1. CWE Types
  2. Weaknesses related to CWE-173
CAPEC Related Weakness
Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-158Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
CWE-707Improper Neutralization
Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-176Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding
CWE-179Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Validation
CWE-180Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
CWE-183Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
CWE-184Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CWE-692Incomplete Denylist to Cross-Site Scripting
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-21DEPRECATED: Pathname Traversal and Equivalence Errors
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-177Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
CWE-707Improper Neutralization
Embedding NULL Bytes
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-158Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
CWE-707Improper Neutralization
Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-21DEPRECATED: Pathname Traversal and Equivalence Errors
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-180Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
CWE-181Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Filter
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
CWE-707Improper Neutralization
URL Encoding
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-21DEPRECATED: Pathname Traversal and Equivalence Errors
CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-177Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)
Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-21DEPRECATED: Pathname Traversal and Equivalence Errors
CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-180Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
CWE-181Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Filter
CWE-692Incomplete Denylist to Cross-Site Scripting
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-21DEPRECATED: Pathname Traversal and Equivalence Errors
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-180Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
CWE-181Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Filter
CWE-185Incorrect Regular Expression
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
CWE-707Improper Neutralization
Using Alternative IP Address Encodings
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-291Reliance on IP Address for Authentication
Double Encoding
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-21DEPRECATED: Pathname Traversal and Equivalence Errors
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-177Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)
CWE-181Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Filter
CWE-183Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
CWE-184Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CWE-692Incomplete Denylist to Cross-Site Scripting
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
Leverage Alternate Encoding
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-21DEPRECATED: Pathname Traversal and Equivalence Errors
CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-180Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
CWE-181Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Filter
CWE-692Incomplete Denylist to Cross-Site Scripting
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-41Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-171DEPRECATED: Cleansing, Canonicalization, and Comparison Errors
CWE-172Encoding Error
CWE-173Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
CWE-179Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Validation
CWE-180Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
CWE-181Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Filter
CWE-183Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
CWE-184Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CWE-697Incorrect Comparison
CWE-707Improper Neutralization
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