CWE-472 120 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-472: External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter

Overview

CWE-472 (External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The web application does not sufficiently verify inputs that are assumed to be immutable but are actually externally controllable, such as hidden form fields.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Web Based Undetermined
technology Web Server Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-11678 2026-06-09 Integer overflow in libyuv in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.103 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory v…
CVE-2026-11669 2026-06-09 Out of bounds read in Media in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 149.0.7827.103 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from pro…
CVE-2026-11655 2026-06-09 Integer overflow in Media in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 149.0.7827.103 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML …
CVE-2026-11640 2026-06-09 Integer overflow in libyuv in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.103 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. …
CVE-2026-11290 2026-06-05 Integer overflow in WebView in Google Chrome on Android prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a local attacker to cause a denial of service via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVE-2026-11281 2026-06-05 Integer overflow in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted ETW event. (Chr…
CVE-2026-11211 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVE-2026-11171 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVE-2026-11088 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (C…
CVE-2026-11085 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in GPU in Google Chrome on Android prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security seve…
CVE-2026-11058 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in CredentialProvider in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform OS-level privilege escalation vi…
CVE-2026-11044 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium se…
CVE-2026-10987 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVE-2026-10986 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in Media in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVE-2026-10965 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVE-2026-10964 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVE-2026-10963 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVE-2026-10924 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in Chromecast in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML pag…
CVE-2026-10921 2026-06-04 Integer overflow in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Ch…
CVE-2026-9998 2026-05-28 Integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (C…

Previous names

  • Web Parameter Tampering (2008-04-11)

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Sean Eidemiller 1.0 added/updated demonstrative examples
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Description, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-01-12 CWE Content Team 1.2 updated Relationships
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Potential_Mitigations
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Other_Notes, Relationship_Notes, Theoretical_Notes
2010-04-05 CWE Content Team 1.8.1 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2010-12-13 CWE Content Team 1.11 updated Description
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Potential_Mitigations
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-06-27 CWE Content Team 2.0 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References, Relationships
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2015-12-07 CWE Content Team 2.9 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
2020-06-25 CWE Content Team 4.1 updated Potential_Mitigations
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
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