application-security

CWE

Common Weakness Enumeration

Definition

CWE is a community-developed catalog of software and hardware weakness types maintained by MITRE. Each CWE entry describes a class of vulnerability (e.g., CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting) rather than a specific instance.

Security tools map findings to CWE identifiers to standardize reporting, and OWASP Top 10 entries map to corresponding CWEs.

Related Terms

CVE

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

OWASP

Open Worldwide Application Security Project

SAST

Static Application Security Testing

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