CWE-142: Improper Neutralization of Value Delimiters
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The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as value delimiters when they are sent to a downstream component.
What the weakness is: CWE-142 at MITRE. All weaknesses
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Explain CWE-142: Improper Neutralization of Value Delimiters and how to prevent and detect it in code. Use https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/142.html and https://cve.bz/cve/cwe/142?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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