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CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Weakness Summary

The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.

  • Canonical source: MITRE CWE-116 (opens in a new tab)
  • Published Atomicorp CVE observations: 10
  • Distinct affected products in those observations: 10
  • Active Atomicorp rules associated with this weakness: 17

Atomicorp Research Context

Atomicorp has published CVE-specific research observations associated with this weakness category. Each linked CVE page states whether the tested request was detected or blocked and is the authoritative customer-facing finding.

The CVEs and rules shown here are selected published examples, not a complete list of Atomicorp protections. If a CWE, CVE, or rule is absent from this page, no conclusion should be drawn about whether Atomicorp protects against that weakness or attack method.

A CWE describes a class of software weakness. It does not identify one exploit request, and association with a CWE does not mean that every vulnerability or exploitation path in that category is detected or blocked.

Selected Published CVE Observations

CVEVulnerabilityProductAtomicorp findingObserved rules
CVE-2022-36446Webmin <1.997 - Authenticated Remote Code ExecutionwebminAttack Blocked by Atomicorp392301
CVE-2026-54694NationalSecurityAgency/skills-service has Stored XSS via User Registration Enabling Admin Account Takeoverskills-serviceAttack Blocked by Atomicorp333140 , 333141 , 340095 , 340147 , 340148 , 341256 , 342259 , 346755 , 350147 , 350148
CVE-2026-12496Loytec LINX firmware: Unauthenticated stored XSS in OPC XML-DA serverLIP-ME20xCAttack Blocked by Atomicorp333140 , 333141 , 340087 , 340095 , 340099 , 340147 , 340148 , 341099 , 341256 , 341266 , 342259 , 346755 , 350147 , 350148
CVE-2024-38473Apache HTTP Server - ACL BypassApache HTTP ServerAttack Blocked by Atomicorp390709
CVE-2021-34630GTranslate < 2.8.65 - Cross-Site ScriptinggtranslateAttack Blocked by Atomicorp340147 , 340148 , 341266 , 342259 , 346755 , 350147 , 350148
CVE-2026-26028CryptPad: Sanitizer Bypass in Diffmarked.js Allows Arbitrary HTML Injection and Potential XSScryptpadAttack Blocked by Atomicorp333140 , 333141 , 340095 , 340147 , 340148 , 341256 , 342259 , 346755 , 350147 , 350148
CVE-2026-35208lichess.org has an Unsanitized Stream Title Injection on /streamerlilaAttack Blocked by Atomicorp333140 , 333141 , 340087 , 340095 , 340099 , 340147 , 340148 , 341099 , 341256 , 341266 , 342259 , 346755
CVE-2025-34141ETQ Reliance - Reflected XSS via SQLConverterServletrelianceAttack Blocked by Atomicorp333141 , 340099 , 340147 , 341099 , 342259 , 347198
CVE-2026-34246CtrlPanel: Stored XSS in Admin Role Management via Unescaped DataTable HTML OutputpanelAttack Blocked by Atomicorp333140 , 333141 , 340095 , 340147 , 340148 , 342259 , 346755
CVE-2026-59727Astro: Cross-site scripting via unescaped transition:* directive values on hydrated islandsastroAttack Blocked by Atomicorp333140 , 333141 , 340095 , 340147 , 340148 , 341256 , 342259 , 346755 , 350147 , 350148

Associated Atomicorp WAF Rules

RuleStatusBehavior
333140Activedisruptive (deny)
333141Activedisruptive (deny)
340087Activedisruptive (deny)
340095Activedisruptive (deny)
340099Activedisruptive (deny)
340147Activedisruptive (deny)
340148Activedisruptive (deny)
341099Activedisruptive (deny)
341256Activedisruptive (deny)
341266Activedisruptive (deny)
342259Activedisruptive (deny)
346755Activedisruptive (deny)
347198Activedisruptive (deny)
350147Activedisruptive (deny)
350148Activedisruptive (deny)
390709Activedisruptive (deny)
392301Activedisruptive (deny)

MITRE associates this CWE with the following attack-pattern entries. These taxonomy relationships are context, not Atomicorp coverage claims:

CAPEC-104 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-73 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-81 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-85 (opens in a new tab)