CWE-85 2 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-85: Doubled Character XSS Manipulations

Overview

CWE-85 (Doubled Character XSS Manipulations) 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 filter user-controlled input for executable script disguised using doubling of the involved characters.

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-2024-13721 2025-01-25 The Plethora Plugins Tabs + Accordions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the anchor parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8 due to insufficient input …
CVE-2022-41676 2022-11-29 Raiden MAILD Mail Server website mail field has insufficient filtering for user input. A remote attacker with general user privilege can send email using the website with malicious JavaScript in the i…

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
2010-04-05 CWE Content Team 1.8.1 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Potential_Mitigations
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
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-05-03 CWE Content Team 2.11 updated Potential_Mitigations, Related_Attack_Patterns
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Causal_Nature
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2020-06-25 CWE Content Team 4.1 updated Potential_Mitigations
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
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