CWE-304: Missing Critical Step in Authentication
Description
The product implements an authentication technique, but it skips a step that weakens the technique.
Submission Date :
July 19, 2006, midnight
Modification Date :
2023-10-26 00:00:00+00:00
Organization :
MITRE
Extended Description
Authentication techniques should follow the algorithms that define them exactly, otherwise authentication can be bypassed or more easily subjected to brute force attacks.
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