2010 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

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CWE/SANS: The SANS Institute, MITRE, and other top software security experts have once again compiled a list of “the most widespread and critical programming errors that can lead to serious software vulnerabilities.”

Here’s a quick look at the top five:

  1. Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure (‘Cross-site Scripting’)
  2. Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
  3. Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (‘Classic Buffer Overflow’)
  4. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  5. Improper Access Control (Authorization)
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