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CWE-138

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as control elements or syntactic markers when they are sent to a downstream component.

Official CWE-138 definition at MITRE

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