CWE-88
AllowedImproper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.
547 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-W287-4MR4-4V3V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-12 21:31 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:33A vulnerability in the Mitel 6800 Series, 6900 Series, and 6900w Series SIP Phones, including the 6970 Conference Unit, through R6.4.0.HF1 (R6.4.0.136) could allow an authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to conduct an argument injection attack, due to insufficient parameter sanitization during the boot process. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the system.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-41710"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-12T19:15:16Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the Mitel 6800 Series, 6900 Series, and 6900w Series SIP Phones, including the 6970 Conference Unit, through R6.4.0.HF1 (R6.4.0.136) could allow an authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to conduct an argument injection attack, due to insufficient parameter sanitization during the boot process. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the system.",
"id": "GHSA-w287-4mr4-4v3v",
"modified": "2025-10-22T00:33:05Z",
"published": "2024-08-12T21:31:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41710"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/kwburns/CVE/blob/main/Mitel/6.3.0.1020/README.md"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-41710"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mitel.com/support/security-advisories"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mitel.com/support/security-advisories/mitel-product-security-advisory-24-0019"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W46M-W25C-WX2R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-13 03:30 – Updated: 2024-11-13 03:30Argument injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.1 and 9.1R18.7 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.1 allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to achieve remote code execution.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-39711"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-13T02:15:19Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Argument injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.1 and 9.1R18.7 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.1 allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to achieve remote code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-w46m-w25c-wx2r",
"modified": "2024-11-13T03:30:47Z",
"published": "2024-11-13T03:30:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39711"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-ICS-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-IPS-Ivanti-Secure-Access-Client-ISAC-Multiple-CVEs"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W4W3-5RJF-GVQH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 06:55 – Updated: 2022-05-01 06:55Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2006-2056"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2006-04-26T20:06:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via \" (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.",
"id": "GHSA-w4w3-5rjf-gvqh",
"modified": "2022-05-01T06:55:21Z",
"published": "2022-05-01T06:55:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2056"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-W8P5-MX5W-CPQJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-05 09:33 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:36A flaw was found in ansible-core. The ansible-galaxy role install command processes dependency specifications from a role's meta/requirements.yml file. Due to improper neutralization of argument delimiters, a malicious role author can inject arbitrary git configuration flags through the src field. This allows arbitrary code execution on the machine of a user who installs the role via ansible-galaxy role install.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-11332"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-05T09:16:26Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in ansible-core. The ansible-galaxy role install command processes dependency specifications from a role\u0027s meta/requirements.yml file. Due to improper neutralization of argument delimiters, a malicious role author can inject arbitrary git configuration flags through the src field. This allows arbitrary code execution on the machine of a user who installs the role via ansible-galaxy role install.",
"id": "GHSA-w8p5-mx5w-cpqj",
"modified": "2026-06-30T03:36:55Z",
"published": "2026-06-05T09:33:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11332"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11332"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485379"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-11332.json"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W8XW-7CRF-H23X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-16 12:00 – Updated: 2022-10-21 16:07Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/go-gitea/gitea"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.17.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-42968"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-10-21T16:07:23Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-10-16T04:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.",
"id": "GHSA-w8xw-7crf-h23x",
"modified": "2022-10-21T16:07:23Z",
"published": "2022-10-16T12:00:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42968"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection"
}
GHSA-W99V-7JP5-46GC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-30 18:15 – Updated: 2022-04-30 18:15Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier executes Telnet sessions using command line arguments that are specified by the web site, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands if the IE client is using the Telnet client provided in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, which creates session transcripts.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2001-0150"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2001-06-02T04:00:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier executes Telnet sessions using command line arguments that are specified by the web site, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands if the IE client is using the Telnet client provided in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, which creates session transcripts.",
"id": "GHSA-w99v-7jp5-46gc",
"modified": "2022-04-30T18:15:30Z",
"published": "2022-04-30T18:15:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0150"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-015"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6230"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.osvdb.org/7816"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2463"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-W9PM-7CXW-VW6J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-27 15:32 – Updated: 2024-08-27 15:32The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations, allowing the attacker to access or modify system files or other files that are critical to the application.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-3980"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-22",
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-27T13:15:05Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file\nnames that are used in filesystem operations, allowing the attacker to access or modify system files or other files that are\ncritical to the application.",
"id": "GHSA-w9pm-7cxw-vw6j",
"modified": "2024-08-27T15:32:47Z",
"published": "2024-08-27T15:32:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3980"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentID=8DBD000160\u0026LanguageCode=en\u0026DocumentPartId=\u0026Action=Launch"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W9R8-XH84-C8WX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-14 21:31 – Updated: 2025-02-03 18:30Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - GlobalBlocking Extension allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects Mediawiki - GlobalBlocking Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.11, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-23073"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200",
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-14T19:15:45Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - GlobalBlocking Extension allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects Mediawiki - GlobalBlocking Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.11, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.",
"id": "GHSA-w9r8-xh84-c8wx",
"modified": "2025-02-03T18:30:39Z",
"published": "2025-01-14T21:31:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23073"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I2a2d32aedf6328be0a9f1b4e04a6567a25f19486"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T377855"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-WC8M-52QP-MPC9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-08 21:30 – Updated: 2025-06-08 21:30Products that incorporate the Microhard BulletLTE-NA2 and IPn4Gii-NA2 are vulnerable to a post-authentication command injection issue in the AT+MNNETSP command that can lead to privilege escalation. This is an instance of CWE-88, "Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')," and is estimated as a CVSS 7.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). This issue has not been generally fixed at the time of this CVE record's first publishing.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-35009"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-08T21:15:32Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Products that incorporate the Microhard BulletLTE-NA2 and IPn4Gii-NA2 are vulnerable to a post-authentication command injection issue in the AT+MNNETSP command that can lead to privilege escalation. This is an instance of CWE-88,\u00a0\"Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command (\u0027Argument Injection\u0027),\" and is estimated as a CVSS 7.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). This issue has not been generally fixed at the time of this CVE record\u0027s first publishing.",
"id": "GHSA-wc8m-52qp-mpc9",
"modified": "2025-06-08T21:30:31Z",
"published": "2025-06-08T21:30:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-35009"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.microhardcorp.com/portal/en/kb/articles/ipn4gii-bullet-lte-firmware"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://takeonme.org/cves/cve-2025-35009"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.microhardcorp.com/BulletLTE-NA2.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.microhardcorp.com/IPn4Gii-NA2.php"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-WFRH-GQ5H-5225
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-13 03:30 – Updated: 2024-11-13 03:30Argument injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2 and 9.1R18.7 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.1 allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to achieve remote code execution.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-39710"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-13T02:15:19Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Argument injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2 and 9.1R18.7 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.1 allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to achieve remote code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-wfrh-gq5h-5225",
"modified": "2024-11-13T03:30:47Z",
"published": "2024-11-13T03:30:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39710"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-ICS-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-IPS-Ivanti-Secure-Access-Client-ISAC-Multiple-CVEs"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation
Strategy: Parameterization
Where possible, avoid building a single string that contains the command and its arguments. Some languages or frameworks have functions that support specifying independent arguments, e.g. as an array, which is used to automatically perform the appropriate quoting or escaping while building the command. For example, in PHP, escapeshellarg() can be used to escape a single argument to system(), or exec() can be called with an array of arguments. In C, code can often be refactored from using system() - which accepts a single string - to using exec(), which requires separate function arguments for each parameter.
Mitigation
Strategy: Input Validation
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your product: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, request headers as well as content, URL components, e-mail, files, databases, and any external systems that provide data to the application. Perform input validation at well-defined interfaces.
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
Mitigation
Directly convert your input type into the expected data type, such as using a conversion function that translates a string into a number. After converting to the expected data type, ensure that the input's values fall within the expected range of allowable values and that multi-field consistencies are maintained.
Mitigation
- Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180, CWE-181). Make sure that your application does not inadvertently decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked. Use libraries such as the OWASP ESAPI Canonicalization control.
- Consider performing repeated canonicalization until your input does not change any more. This will avoid double-decoding and similar scenarios, but it might inadvertently modify inputs that are allowed to contain properly-encoded dangerous content.
Mitigation
When exchanging data between components, ensure that both components are using the same character encoding. Ensure that the proper encoding is applied at each interface. Explicitly set the encoding you are using whenever the protocol allows you to do so.
Mitigation
When your application combines data from multiple sources, perform the validation after the sources have been combined. The individual data elements may pass the validation step but violate the intended restrictions after they have been combined.
Mitigation
Use dynamic tools and techniques that interact with the product using large test suites with many diverse inputs, such as fuzz testing (fuzzing), robustness testing, and fault injection. The product's operation may slow down, but it should not become unstable, crash, or generate incorrect results.
CAPEC-137: Parameter Injection
An adversary manipulates the content of request parameters for the purpose of undermining the security of the target. Some parameter encodings use text characters as separators. For example, parameters in a HTTP GET message are encoded as name-value pairs separated by an ampersand (&). If an attacker can supply text strings that are used to fill in these parameters, then they can inject special characters used in the encoding scheme to add or modify parameters. For example, if user input is fed directly into an HTTP GET request and the user provides the value "myInput&new_param=myValue", then the input parameter is set to myInput, but a new parameter (new_param) is also added with a value of myValue. This can significantly change the meaning of the query that is processed by the server. Any encoding scheme where parameters are identified and separated by text characters is potentially vulnerable to this attack - the HTTP GET encoding used above is just one example.
CAPEC-174: Flash Parameter Injection
An adversary takes advantage of improper data validation to inject malicious global parameters into a Flash file embedded within an HTML document. Flash files can leverage user-submitted data to configure the Flash document and access the embedding HTML document.
CAPEC-41: Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious Payloads
This type of attack involves an attacker leveraging meta-characters in email headers to inject improper behavior into email programs. Email software has become increasingly sophisticated and feature-rich. In addition, email applications are ubiquitous and connected directly to the Web making them ideal targets to launch and propagate attacks. As the user demand for new functionality in email applications grows, they become more like browsers with complex rendering and plug in routines. As more email functionality is included and abstracted from the user, this creates opportunities for attackers. Virtually all email applications do not list email header information by default, however the email header contains valuable attacker vectors for the attacker to exploit particularly if the behavior of the email client application is known. Meta-characters are hidden from the user, but can contain scripts, enumerations, probes, and other attacks against the user's system.
CAPEC-460: HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP)
An adversary adds duplicate HTTP GET/POST parameters by injecting query string delimiters. Via HPP it may be possible to override existing hardcoded HTTP parameters, modify the application behaviors, access and, potentially exploit, uncontrollable variables, and bypass input validation checkpoints and WAF rules.
CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection
In this type of an attack, an adversary injects operating system commands into existing application functions. An application that uses untrusted input to build command strings is vulnerable. An adversary can leverage OS command injection in an application to elevate privileges, execute arbitrary commands and compromise the underlying operating system.