CWE-749Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Description

The product provides an Applications Programming Interface (API) or similar interface for interaction with external actors, but the interface includes a dangerous method or function that is not properly restricted.

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Common consequences

• Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability,Access Control,Other→Gain Privileges or Assume Identity,Read Application Data,Modify Application Data,Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands,O
  Exposing critical functionality essentially provides an attacker with the privilege level of the exposed functionality. This could result in the modification or exposure of sensitive data or possibly even execution of arbitrary code.

Potential mitigations

• Architecture and Design
  If you must expose a method, make sure to perform input validation on all arguments, limit access to authorized parties, and protect against all possible vulnerabilities.
• Architecture and Design,Implementation
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