Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1060

Weakness Prohibited

Excessive Number of Inefficient Server-Side Data Accesses

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

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The product performs too many data queries without using efficient data processing functionality such as stored procedures.

Mapping guidance

This entry is primarily a quality issue with no direct security implications.

Look for weaknesses that are focused specifically on insecure behaviors that have more direct security implications.

Relationships and members
ChildOf: CWE-1120 · View CWE-1000
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Detection methods

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)

Effectiveness: High

Notes

Terminology

While the interpretation of "too many data queries" may vary for each product or developer, CISQ recommends a default maximum of 5 data queries for an inefficient function/procedure. [REF-1133]

Content history
Submission: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2018-07-02 · CWE 3.2

Entry derived from Common Quality Enumeration (CQE) Draft 0.9.

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-02-24 · CWE 4.0

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-08-20 · CWE 4.2

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-01-31 · CWE 4.10

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-04-27 · CWE 4.11

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-06-29 · CWE 4.12

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2024-02-29 · CWE 4.14

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2025-12-11 · CWE 4.19

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2026-10-28 · CWE 5.0

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