Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel
Weakness · CWE-940
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{
"id": "CWE-940",
"title": "Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel",
"type": "Weakness",
"source_url": "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/940.html",
"snapshot": "cwe.xml",
"status": "Incomplete",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"abstraction": "Base",
"source_version": "4.20"
}Explicit source assertions (4)
First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.
CAPEC-500 → related_weakness → CWE-940
CAPEC: Catalog mapping; does not establish an incident or actor use
Assertion source · Locator: Attack_Pattern[@ID='500']/Related_Weaknesses
CAPEC-594 → related_weakness → CWE-940
CAPEC: Catalog mapping; does not establish an incident or actor use
Assertion source · Locator: Attack_Pattern[@ID='594']/Related_Weaknesses
CAPEC-595 → related_weakness → CWE-940
CAPEC: Catalog mapping; does not establish an incident or actor use
Assertion source · Locator: Attack_Pattern[@ID='595']/Related_Weaknesses
CAPEC-596 → related_weakness → CWE-940
CAPEC: Catalog mapping; does not establish an incident or actor use
Assertion source · Locator: Attack_Pattern[@ID='596']/Related_Weaknesses