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Incomplete Filtering of Multiple Instances of Special Elements

CWE-794 · Variant · Incomplete

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.

Extended description

Incomplete filtering of this nature may be applied to: sequential elements (special elements that appear next to each other) or non-sequential elements (special elements that appear multiple times in different locations).

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