[PAPER] 2010 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors (v1.01)
The 2010 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors is a list of the most widespread and critical programming errors that can lead to serious software vulnerabilities. They are often easy to find, and easy to exploit. They are dangerous because they will frequently allow attackers to completely take over the software, steal data, or prevent the software from working at all.
The Top 25 list is a tool for education and awareness to help programmers to prevent the kinds of vulnerabilities that plague the software industry, by identifying and avoiding all-too-common mistakes that occur before software is even shipped. Software customers can use the same list to help them to ask for more secure software. Researchers in software security can use the Top 25 to focus on a narrow but important subset of all known security weaknesses. Finally, software managers and CIOs can use the Top 25 list as a measuring stick of progress in their efforts to secure their software.
Date: February 17, 2010
Table of Contents
- Guidance for Using the Top 25
- Brief Listing of the Top 25
- Category-Based View of the Top 25
- Focus Profiles
- Organization of the Top 25
- Detailed CWE Descriptions
- Monster Mitigations
- Appendix A: Selection Criteria and Supporting Fields
- Appendix B: What Changed in the 2010 Top 25
- Appendix C: Construction, Selection, and Scoring of the Top 25
- Appendix D: Comparison to OWASP Top Ten 2010 RC1
- Appendix E: Other Resources for the Top 25
- Changes to This Document
| Rank | Score | ID | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| [1] | 346 | CWE-79 | Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure (’Cross-site Scripting’) |
| [2] | 330 | CWE-89 | Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (’SQL Injection’) |
| [3] | 273 | CWE-120 | Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (’Classic Buffer Overflow’) |
| [4] | 261 | CWE-352 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| [5] | 219 | CWE-285 | Improper Access Control (Authorization) |
| [6] | 202 | CWE-807 | Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision |
| [7] | 197 | CWE-22 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (’Path Traversal’) |
| [8] | 194 | CWE-434 | Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type |
| [9] | 188 | CWE-78 | Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (’OS Command Injection’) |
| [10] | 188 | CWE-311 | Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data |
| [11] | 176 | CWE-798 | Use of Hard-coded Credentials |
| [12] | 158 | CWE-805 | Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value |
| [13] | 157 | CWE-98 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (’PHP File Inclusion’) |
| [14] | 156 | CWE-129 | Improper Validation of Array Index |
| [15] | 155 | CWE-754 | Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions |
| [16] | 154 | CWE-209 | Information Exposure Through an Error Message |
| [17] | 154 | CWE-190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound |
| [18] | 153 | CWE-131 | Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size |
| [19] | 147 | CWE-306 | Missing Authentication for Critical Function |
| [20] | 146 | CWE-494 | Download of Code Without Integrity Check |
| [21] | 145 | CWE-732 | Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource |
| [22] | 145 | CWE-770 | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling |
| [23] | 142 | CWE-601 | URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (’Open Redirect’) |
| [24] | 141 | CWE-327 | Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm |
| [25] | 138 | CWE-362 | Race Condition |
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