Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-937

Grouping Prohibited

OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

Status: Obsolete

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Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013.

Grouping entries organize the catalogue and should not be used to map the root cause of a vulnerability.

Mapping guidance

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Notes

Relationship

This is an unusual category. CWE does not cover the limitations of human processes and procedures that cannot be described in terms of a specific technical weakness as resident in the code, architecture, or configuration of the software. Since "known vulnerabilities" can arise from any kind of weakness, it is not possible to map this OWASP category to other CWE entries, since it would effectively require mapping this category to ALL weaknesses.

Content history
Submission: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2013-07-16 · CWE 2.5
Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2021-10-28 · CWE 4.6

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-04-27 · CWE 4.11

updated Mapping_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-06-29 · CWE 4.12

updated Mapping_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2025-09-09 · CWE 4.18

updated References

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2026-10-28 · CWE 5.0

updated Mapping_Notes, Type

0 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

No vulnerabilities reference this CWE.

No mitigation information available for this CWE.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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