Topic: cwe

The top 25 weaknesses in software in 2024

MITRE recently released its yearly list of the 2024 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses.  This list differs from lists that contain the most common vulnerabilities, as it is not a list of vulnerabilities, but rather weaknesses in system design that can be exploited to leverage vulnerabilities.  “By definition, code injection is an attack, … continue reading

Broken Access Control is now the highest vulnerability in OWASP Top 10 2021

The latest edition of the OWASP Top 10 showed that all of the highest-priority vulnerabilities since 2017 have shifted and new ones have been introduced.  Broken Access Control has dethroned Injection as the top vulnerability, whereas it previously held fifth place. The 34 Common Weakness Enumerations (CWEs) mapped to Broken Access Control had more occurrences … continue reading

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