CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output, page 4
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The product 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.
What the weakness is: CWE-116 at MITRE
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Explain CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output and how to prevent and detect it in code. Use https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/116.html and https://cve.bz/cve/cwe/116?via=ask-ai-copy for recent CVEs with this weakness. Cite the sources.Opens a third-party assistant; its answer is its own, not cve.bz's. The prompt holds only this weakness's id and public links.
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