CWE-625 Detail

CWE-625

Permissive Regular Expression
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2007-05-07
00h00 +00:00
2023-06-29
00h00 +00:00
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Naam: Permissive Regular Expression

The product uses a regular expression that does not sufficiently restrict the set of allowed values.

Algemene informatie

Introductiemodi

Implementation : This problem is frequently found when the regular expression is used in input validation or security features such as authentication.

Toepasselijke platforms

Taal

Name: Perl (Undetermined)
Name: PHP (Undetermined)

Veelvoorkomende gevolgen

Bereik Impact Waarschijnlijkheid
Access ControlBypass Protection Mechanism

Waargenomen voorbeelden

Referenties Beschrijving

CVE-2021-22204

Chain: regex in EXIF processor code does not correctly determine where a string ends (CWE-625), enabling eval injection (CWE-95), as exploited in the wild per CISA KEV.

CVE-2006-1895

".*" regexp leads to static code injection

CVE-2002-2175

insertion of username into regexp results in partial comparison, causing wrong database entry to be updated when one username is a substring of another.

CVE-2006-4527

regexp intended to verify that all characters are legal, only checks that at least one is legal, enabling file inclusion.

CVE-2005-1949

Regexp for IP address isn't anchored at the end, allowing appending of shell metacharacters.

CVE-2002-2109

Regexp isn't "anchored" to the beginning or end, which allows spoofed values that have trusted values as substrings.

CVE-2006-6511

regexp in .htaccess file allows access of files whose names contain certain substrings

CVE-2006-6629

allow load of macro files whose names contain certain substrings.

Mogelijke risicobeperkingen

Phases : Implementation
When applicable, ensure that the regular expression marks beginning and ending string patterns, such as "/^string$/" for Perl.

Detectiemethoden

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
Effectiviteit : High

Notities kwetsbaarheidsmapping

Rechtvaardiging : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Opmerking : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Referenties

REF-62

The Art of Software Security Assessment
Mark Dowd, John McDonald, Justin Schuh.

Indiening

Naam Organisatie Datum Releasedatum Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2007-05-07 +00:00 2007-05-07 +00:00 Draft 6

Wijzigingen

Naam Organisatie Datum Opmerking
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Relationships, Observed_Example, Other_Notes, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-03-10 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-05-27 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-07-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-06-23 +00:00 updated Modes_of_Introduction, Other_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-01-03 +00:00 updated Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-03-15 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-06-28 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-10-13 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes