Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component.
Description
As data is parsed, an injected/absent/malformed delimiter may cause the process to take unexpected actions.
See Also
Weaknesses in this category are related to improper neutralization.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Input Validation and Data Sanitization (IDS) section of the SEI CERT Oracle Secure Codi...
Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and architecture of a system's input validation components. Frequently these deal with sanitizing, neutralizing a...
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This view (slice) lists weaknesses that can be introduced during implementation.
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