2010 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

This is a brief listing of the Top 25 items, using the general ranking.

NOTE: 16 other weaknesses were considered for inclusion in the Top 25, but their general scores were not high enough. They are listed in the On the Cusp focus profile.

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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