CWE-116
Overview
- CWE ID
- 116
- CWE Name
- Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
- CWE Abstraction
- Class
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Draft
Description
The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.