Common Weakness Enumeration

Browse CWEs ranked by the number of vulnerabilities referencing them, and pivot to weakness details, mitigations, and related attack patterns.

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768 CWEs

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CWE Name Mapping usage Occurrences
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Allowed-with-Review 608
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions Allowed 584
CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure Discouraged 562
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Allowed-with-Review 553
CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) Allowed 541
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials Allowed-with-Review 522
CWE-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference Allowed 505
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Discouraged 499
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Allowed 482
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Allowed 470
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Allowed 440
CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere Allowed 411
CWE-613 Insufficient Session Expiration Allowed-with-Review 409
CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Allowed 406
CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data Allowed 403
CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Allowed 398
CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Allowed-with-Review 391
CWE-415 Double Free Allowed 384
CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Allowed 380
CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information Allowed 372
CWE-346 Origin Validation Error Allowed-with-Review 366
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Allowed 358
CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element Allowed 357
CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') Allowed 348
CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Allowed-with-Review 346
CWE-617 Reachable Assertion Allowed 341
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Allowed 332
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion Allowed-with-Review 331
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Allowed 331
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path Allowed-with-Review 323
CWE-248 Uncaught Exception Allowed 323
CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') Allowed 308
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Allowed-with-Review 303
CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Allowed 302
CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value Allowed 298
CWE-359 Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor Allowed 279
CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Discouraged 274
CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') Allowed 273
CWE-1220 Insufficient Granularity of Access Control Allowed 273
CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Allowed 264
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Allowed 251
CWE-707 Improper Neutralization Discouraged 248
CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input Allowed 246
CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index Allowed 241
CWE-197 Numeric Truncation Error Allowed 210
CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Discouraged 208
CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') Allowed 202
CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function Allowed 197
CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine Allowed 197