CWE-430Deployment of Wrong Handler

Description

The wrong "handler" is assigned to process an object.

An example of deploying the wrong handler would be calling a servlet to reveal source code of a .JSP file, or automatically "determining" type of the object even if it is contradictory to an explicitly specified type.

Common consequences

• Integrity,Other→Varies by Context,Unexpected State

Potential mitigations

• Architecture and Design
  Perform a type check before interpreting an object.
• Architecture and Design
  Reject any inconsistent types, such as a file with a .GIF extension that appears to consist of PHP code.

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