CWE-792 5 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-792: Incomplete Filtering of One or More Instances of Special Elements

Overview

CWE-792 (Incomplete Filtering of One or More Instances of Special Elements) 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 product receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter one or more instances of special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific 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-2025-12758 2025-11-27 Versions of the package validator before 13.15.22 are vulnerable to Incomplete Filtering of One or More Instances of Special Elements in the isLength() function that does not take into account Unicode…
CVE-2025-47779 2025-05-22 Asterisk is an open-source private branch exchange (PBX). Prior to versions 18.26.2, 20.14.1, 21.9.1, and 22.4.1 of Asterisk and versions 18.9-cert14 and 20.7-cert5 of certified-asterisk, SIP requests…
CVE-2023-25608 2023-09-13 An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP-W2 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.3 through 7.0.5, 7.0.0 through 7.0.1…
CVE-2022-22297 2023-03-07 An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpreter of FortiWeb version 6.4.0 through 6.4.1, FortiWeb version 6.3.0 through 6.3…
CVE-2023-20057 2023-01-20 A vulnerability in the URL filtering mechanism of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the URL reputation filters o…

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2009-12-04
Version
1.7

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2010-02-16 CWE Content Team 1.8 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Description
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-06-27 CWE Content Team 2.0 updated Common_Consequences
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Weakness_Ordinalities
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