CWE-794 5 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-794: Incomplete Filtering of Multiple Instances of Special Elements

Overview

CWE-794 (Incomplete Filtering of Multiple 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 filter all instances of a special element 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-2026-21876 2026-01-08 The OWASP core rule set (CRS) is a set of generic attack detection rules for use with compatible web application firewalls. Prior to versions 4.22.0 and 3.3.8, the current rule 922110 has a bug when p…
CVE-2021-0233 2021-04-22 A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS ACX500 Series, ACX4000 Series, may allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a high rate of specific packets to the device, resulting…
CVE-2021-0203 2021-01-15 On Juniper Networks EX and QFX5K Series platforms configured with Redundant Trunk Group (RTG), Storm Control profile applied on the RTG interface might not take affect when it reaches the threshold co…
CVE-2020-1665 2020-10-16 On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series, in a certain condition the IPv6 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection might not take affect when it reaches the threshold condition. The DDoS…
CVE-2019-0002 2019-01-15 On EX2300 and EX3400 series, stateless firewall filter configuration that uses the action 'policer' in combination with other actions might not take effect. When this issue occurs, the output of the c…

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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