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CWE-940: Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel, page 2

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The product establishes a communication channel to handle an incoming request that has been initiated by an actor, but it does not properly verify that the request is coming from the expected origin.

What the weakness is: CWE-940 at MITRE. OWASP Top 10: A07:2025 Authentication Failures

Related attack patterns (CAPEC): 4

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to CWE-940, as MITRE names them. Credits.

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