CWE-1286: Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input
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The product receives input that is expected to be well-formed - i.e., to comply with a certain syntax - but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input complies with the syntax.
What the weakness is: CWE-1286 at MITRE
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