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CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Status: Draft
Weakness ID: 345 (Weakness Class)
+ Description
Summary

The software does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.

+ Time of Introduction
* Architecture and Design
* Implementation
+ Applicable Platforms
Languages
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+ Relationships
NatureTypeIDNameView(s) this relationship pertains toView(s)
ChildOfWeakness ClassWeakness ClassWeakness Class693Protection Mechanism Failure
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ChildOfCategoryCategory254Security Features
Development Concepts (primary)699
ChildOfCategoryCategory724OWASP Top Ten 2004 Category A3 - Broken Authentication and Session Management
Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2004) (primary)711
ParentOfWeakness VariantWeakness VariantWeakness Variant247Reliance on DNS Lookups in a Security Decision
Research Concepts (primary)1000
CanAlsoBeWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base283Unverified Ownership
Research Concepts1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base297Improper Validation of Host-specific Certificate Data
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base322Key Exchange without Entity Authentication
Research Concepts1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base346Origin Validation Error
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base347Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base348Use of Less Trusted Source
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base349Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base350Improperly Trusted Reverse DNS
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base351Insufficient Type Distinction
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base353Failure to Add Integrity Check Value
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base354Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
CanAlsoBeWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base358Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
Research Concepts1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base360Trust of System Event Data
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness VariantWeakness VariantWeakness Variant616Incomplete Identification of Uploaded File Variables (PHP)
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness VariantWeakness VariantWeakness Variant646Reliance on File Name or Extension of Externally-Supplied File
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
ParentOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base649Reliance on Obfuscation or Encryption of Security-Relevant Inputs without Integrity Checking
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
CanAlsoBeWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base708Incorrect Ownership Assignment
Research Concepts1000
ParentOfCompound Element: CompositeCompound Element: Composite352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
+ Relationship Notes

"origin validation" could fall under this.

+ Taxonomy Mappings
Mapped Taxonomy NameNode IDFitMapped Node Name
PLOVER  Insufficient Verification of Data
OWASP Top Ten 2004A3CWE More SpecificBroken Authentication and Session Management
+ Maintenance Notes

The specific ways in which the origin is not properly identified should be laid out as separate weaknesses. In some sense, this is more like a category.

+ Content History
Submissions
PLOVER. (Externally Mined)
Modifications
Eric Dalci. Cigital. 2008-07-01. (External)
updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team. MITRE. 2008-09-08. (Internal)
updated Maintenance_Notes, Relationships, Relationship_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team. MITRE. 2009-05-27. (Internal)
updated Related_Attack_Patterns
Previous Entry Names
* Insufficient Verification of Data (changed 2008-04-11)
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