CWE-840: Business Logic Vulnerabilities
Discover vulnerabilities exposing weaknesses in application operational rules with severe consequences. Learn methods for detecting and preventing critical business logic errors.
Summary
Issues within this particular category expose certain vulnerabilities that often provide opportunities for attackers to exploit the operational rules of an application. The consequences of errors in business logic can be severe, impacting the entirety of the application. Detecting these errors automatically can be challenging, as they usually involve legitimate usage of the application's features. Nonetheless, numerous business logic errors display patterns that parallel established weaknesses in implementation and design.