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[NEWS] THE TOP 25 MOST DANGEROUS PROGRAMMING ERRORS

Here is the list of the top 25 most dangerous programming errors to be notified by all programmers:
  1. CWE-20:Improper Input Validation
  2. CWE-116:Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
  3. CWE-89:Failure to Preserve SQL Query Structure
  4. CWE-79:Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure
  5. CWE-78:Failure to Preserve OS Command Structure
  6. CWE-319:Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
  7. CWE-352:Cross-Site Request Forgery
  8. CWE-362:Race Condition
  9. CWE-209:Error Message Information Leak
  10. CWE-119:Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  11. CWE-642:External Control of Critical State Data
  12. CWE-73:External Control of File Name or Path
  13. CWE-426:Untrusted Search Path
  14. CWE-94:Failure to Control Generation of Code
  15. CWE-494:Download of Code Without Integrity Check
  16. CWE-404:Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
  17. CWE-665:Improper Initialization
  18. CWE-682:Incorrect Calculation
  19. CWE-285:Improper Access Control
  20. CWE-327:Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
  21. CWE-259:Hard-Coded Password
  22. CWE-732:Insecure Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
  23. CWE-330:Use of Insufficiently Random Values
  24. CWE-250:Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
  25. CWE-602:Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
Source: SANS Institute
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