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"description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 20, "name": "Improper Input Validation", "description": "The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "7.0 - 8.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "8.0", "risk_score": 4.0, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-46c6-rxp8-83eh" }