Knowledge Base - Issues

Our knowledge-base provides a comprehensive collection of information on vulnerabilities related to cyber security.

/ Denial of Service

Denial of Service (DoS) is a type of IT vulnerability that is classified under Availability in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) directory. DoS occurs when a malicious actor intentionally floods a network or system with an overwhelming amount of traffic, requests, or connections. This can cause the system to become...
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-399) is a vulnerability that occurs when a system or application fails to properly manage resources such as memory, CPU capacity, disk space, or network bandwidth. It can be caused by an attacker attempting to exhaust system resources and can result in denial of service (DoS) or...
Unreachable resources included is a type of Availability vulnerability that occurs in web and API applications, according to the CWE directory. This vulnerability occurs when an application includes resources such as files, directories or other system components that are inaccessible to the application, either due to incorrect configuration or incorrect...

/ XML Entity Expansion

XML Entity Expansion (CWE-611) is a form of attack that involves an attacker sending malicious XML input to an XML parser, which then causes the parser to consume an excessive amount of resources (CPU, memory, etc.). This can result in a denial of service (DoS) attack, which can disrupt the...
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