CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function: Lock Down the API
An internal helper that ends up reachable from outside gives the caller its power. Learn how methods get exposed and how to list and restrict them.
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An internal helper that ends up reachable from outside gives the caller its power. Learn how methods get exposed and how to list and restrict them.
CWE-74 is the parent of SQL, command, LDAP and script injection. Learn the shared pattern, what it costs, and how to stop it at the boundary where data meets code.
Your compiler may delete the overflow check or memory scrub you wrote. Learn why it is legal, why scanners miss it, and how to keep the protection in place.
World-writable files, open sudoers entries and public storage buckets all come from the same mistake. Learn how permissions go wrong and how to lock them down.
When user input decides which file your code opens, attackers pick the file. This guide covers CWE-73, with a vulnerable Python pattern and the fixes MITRE recommends.
On HFS+, special paths can name the data or resource fork of a file. If your server does not expect them, restrictions can be bypassed. This is CWE-72.
CWE-710 is a pillar weakness: ignoring coding rules breeds other bugs and makes them worse. See how to pick, enforce and check a standard that covers security.
A file or resource owned by the wrong user hands that user control over it. Here is how ownership mistakes happen in installers and services, and how to audit for them.
SQL injection, XSS and command injection share one root cause: data treated as control. CWE-707 defines neutralization and the four ways to achieve it.
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