Lack of data validation - Special Characters

Description

The system does not validate that special characters are not entered in some fields.

Impact

Cause unexpected behavior of the application.

Recommendation

Validate in all fields that no special characters are entered.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: N
• Attack complexity: L
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: N
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: N
• Integrity: L
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code madurity: U
• Remediation level: X
• Report confidence: X

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:X/RC:X
• Score:
  • Base: 5.3
  • Temporal: 4.9
• Severity:
  • Base: Medium
  • Temporal: Medium

Requirements

• 173.Discard unsafe inputs
• 320.Avoid client-side control enforcement
• 357.Use stateless session tokens

Fixes

• Elixir
• Scala
• Python
• Ruby
• Go
• Dart
• Swift
• Java
• C-Sharp
• PHP
• TypeScript

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