CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
Official CWE-89 CWE context with Glexia analysis, remediation guidance, related CVEs, and ATT&CK context.
Glexia's Take
CWE-89: SQL Injection
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
Executive Impact
- Data breach
- Authentication bypass
- Privilege escalation
- Data destruction
Developer Pattern
CWE-89 is the kind of defect developers can usually prevent with explicit validation, safer framework defaults, and tests that exercise hostile input or unsafe state transitions.
Confidence
medium confidence from CWE-89, starter-2026-05.
Official CWE Definition
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
SQL Injection is a software weakness pattern tracked by CWE 89. The local starter record is replaced by the official MITRE CWE import when the sync pipeline runs.
SQL Injection is a software weakness pattern tracked by CWE 89. The local starter record is replaced by the official MITRE CWE import when the sync pipeline runs.
Developer And Remediation Guidance
How teams prevent and detect this weakness
Causes
- Concatenating request parameters into WHERE clauses.
Remediation
- Parameterized queries
- ORM binding APIs
- Least-privilege database accounts
- Input allow-lists for identifiers
Detection
- SAST
- DAST
- Database query review
- Unit tests around query builders
Mappings
Related CVEs, CWEs, and ATT&CK context
Related CWEs
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ATT&CK Relevance
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