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Line 1: '''Improper input validation'''<ref>{{cite web \|work=[[Common Weakness Enumeration]] \|publisher=[[MITRE]] \|title=CWE-20: Improper Input Validation \|url=http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html \|date=December 13, 2010 \|accessdate=February 22, 2011}}</ref> or '''unchecked user input''' is a type of [[vulnerability (computing)\|vulnerability]] in [[computer software]] that may be used for [[security exploit]]s.<ref name=hacking>{{cite book\|title=Hacking: the art of exploitation\|series=No Starch Press Series\|publisher=Safari Books Online\|first=Jon\|last=Erickson\|Edition=2, illustrated\|year=2008\|ISBN= 9781593271442}}</ref> input''' is a type of [[vulnerability (computing)\|vulnerability]] in [[computer software]] that may be used for [[security exploit]]s.<ref name=hacking>{{cite book\|title=Hacking: the art of exploitation\|series=No Starch Press Series\|publisher=Safari Books Online\|first=Jon\|last=Erickson\|Edition=2, illustrated\|year=2008\|ISBN= 9781593271442}}</ref> Examples include:

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