Common Weakness Enumeration

Browse CWEs ranked by the number of vulnerabilities referencing them, and pivot to weakness details, mitigations, and related attack patterns.

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257 CWEs ranked in 2025-08

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CWE Name Mapping usage Occurrences
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Allowed 472
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Allowed 274
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') Discouraged 216
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Allowed-with-Review 178
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow Allowed 140
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') Allowed 135
CWE-862 Missing Authorization Allowed-with-Review 103
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Allowed-with-Review 92
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Allowed 87
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Discouraged 87
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Allowed 83
CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') Allowed 61
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Discouraged 57
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Allowed 57
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation Discouraged 54
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Allowed 54
CWE-416 Use After Free Allowed 53
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') Allowed-with-Review 51
CWE-284 Improper Access Control Discouraged 50
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Allowed 44
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Allowed 43
CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Allowed 41
CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment Allowed 38
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function Allowed 33
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Allowed 32
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Allowed-with-Review 31
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization Allowed-with-Review 29
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions Allowed 28
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Discouraged 25
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') Allowed-with-Review 25
CWE-285 Improper Authorization Discouraged 23
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Allowed-with-Review 21
CWE-926 Improper Export of Android Application Components Allowed 20
CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Allowed 20
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management Discouraged 20
CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data Allowed 19
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound Allowed 19
CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') Allowed 18
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation Allowed 18
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Allowed 17
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials Allowed-with-Review 16
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') Allowed-with-Review 15
CWE-287 Improper Authentication Discouraged 15
CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Allowed 14
CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element Allowed-with-Review 14
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Allowed 13
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Allowed-with-Review 12
CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path Allowed 12
CWE-617 Reachable Assertion Allowed 12
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Allowed 12