Chi tiết CWE-454

CWE-454

External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
Draft
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
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Tên: External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores

The product initializes critical internal variables or data stores using inputs that can be modified by untrusted actors.

Thông tin chung

Các cách xuất hiện

Architecture and Design
Implementation

Nền tảng áp dụng

Ngôn ngữ

Tên: PHP (Sometimes)
Lớp: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Hậu quả phổ biến

Phạm vi Tác động Khả năng xảy ra
IntegrityModify Application Data

Ghi chú: If an attacker can initialize the variable incorrectly, this can influence what the product will do. The attacker could gain access to and modify sensitive data or system information.

Ví dụ đã quan sát

Tài liệu tham khảo Mô tả

CVE-2022-43468

WordPress module sets internal variables based on external inputs, allowing false reporting of the number of views

CVE-2000-0959

Does not clear dangerous environment variables, enabling symlink attack.

CVE-2001-0033

Specify alternate configuration directory in environment variable, enabling untrusted path.

CVE-2001-0872

Dangerous environment variable not cleansed.

CVE-2001-0084

Specify arbitrary modules using environment variable.

Các biện pháp giảm thiểu tiềm năng

Phases : Implementation
A product system should be reluctant to trust variables that have been initialized outside of its trust boundary, especially if they are initialized by users. Ensure adequate checking (e.g. input validation) is performed when relying on input from outside a trust boundary.
Phases : Architecture and Design
Avoid any external control of variables. If necessary, restrict the variables that can be modified using an allowlist, and use a different namespace or naming convention if possible.

Phương pháp phát hiện

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.)

Ghi chú ánh xạ lỗ hổng

Lý do : 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.
Bình luận : 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.

Ghi chú

Overlaps Missing variable initialization, especially in PHP.

Gửi

Tên Tổ chức Ngày Ngày phát hành Version
PLOVER 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

Sửa đổi

Tên Tổ chức Ngày Bình luận
Sean Eidemiller Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 added/updated demonstrative examples
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-10-29 +00:00 updated Other_Notes, Relationship_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-02-16 +00:00 updated Description, Name, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-04-05 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-03-29 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
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 Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-06-25 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description, Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-10-26 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Description, Potential_Mitigations