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CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting

Weakness Summary

One or more system settings or configuration elements can be externally controlled by a user.

  • Canonical source: MITRE CWE-15
  • Published Atomicorp CVE observations: 1
  • Distinct affected products in those observations: 1
  • Active Atomicorp rules associated with this weakness: 2

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-2026-45087Dalfox Found-Action Deserialization RCEdalfoxProtected by Atomicorp rules330791 , 340152

Associated Atomicorp WAF Rules

RuleStatusBehavior
330791Activedisruptive (deny)
340152Activedisruptive (deny)

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

CAPEC-13 , CAPEC-146 , CAPEC-176 , CAPEC-203 , CAPEC-270 , CAPEC-271 , CAPEC-579 , CAPEC-69 , CAPEC-76 , CAPEC-77