CWE-471: Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)

ID CWE-471

Abstraction Base

Structure Simple

Status Draft

Number of CVEs 24

The product does not properly protect an assumed-immutable element from being modified by an attacker.

This occurs when a particular input is critical enough to the functioning of the application that it should not be modifiable at all, but it is. Certain resources are often assumed to be immutable when they are not, such as hidden form fields in web applications, cookies, and reverse DNS lookups.

Modes of Introduction

Phase	Note
Implementation
Architecture and Design

Applicable Platforms

Type	Class	Name	Prevalence
Language	Not Language-Specific

Relationships

View			Weakness
# ID	View	Status	# ID	Name	Abstraction	Structure	Status
CWE-1000	Research Concepts	Draft	CWE-664	Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime	Pillar	Simple	Draft

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

The Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC™) effort provides a publicly available catalog of common attack patterns that helps users understand how adversaries exploit weaknesses in applications and other cyber-enabled capabilities.

CAPEC at Mitre.org

# ID	Name	Weaknesses
CAPEC-384	Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle	CWE-471
CAPEC-385	Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation	CWE-471
CAPEC-386	Application API Navigation Remapping	CWE-471
CAPEC-387	Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content	CWE-471
CAPEC-388	Application API Button Hijacking	CWE-471

CVEs Published

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CVSS Severity

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# CVE	Description	CVSS	EPSS	EPSS Trend (30 days)	Affected Products	Weaknesses	Security Advisories	Exploits	PoC	Pubblication Date	Modification Date
# CVE	Description	CVSS	EPSS	EPSS Trend (30 days)	Affected Products	Weaknesses	Security Advisories	PoC	Pubblication Date	Modification Date