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CWE CATEGORY: OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A6 - Security Misconfiguration

Category ID: 1032
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A6 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017.
+ Membership
Nature Type ID Name
MemberOf ViewView - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries). 1026 Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2017)
MemberOf CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 1349 OWASP Top Ten 2021 Category A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration
HasMember CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 16 Configuration
HasMember BaseBase - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. 209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
HasMember VariantVariant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. 548 Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage: PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reason: Category

Rationale:

This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.

Comments:

See member weaknesses of this category.
+ Notes

Relationship

While the OWASP document maps to CWE-2 and CWE-388, these are not appropriate for mapping, as they are high-level categories that are only intended for the Seven Pernicious Kingdoms view (CWE-700).
+ References
[REF-957] "Top 10 2017". OWASP. 2017-04-12. <https://github.com/OWASP/Top10/blob/master/2017/OWASP%20Top%2010-2017%20(en).pdf>. URL validated: 2025-08-04.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2018-01-22
(CWE 3.1, 2018-03-29) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
+ Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2014-06-23 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated References
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2025-09-09
(CWE 4.18, 2025-09-09) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated References
Page Last Updated: December 10, 2025
 

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