CWE · MITRE source
CWE-185Incorrect Regular Expression
The product specifies a regular expression in a way that causes data to be improperly matched or compared.
When the regular expression is used in protection mechanisms such as filtering or validation, this may allow an attacker to bypass the intended restrictions on the incoming data.
Last updated: 04 July 2026 08:17 UTC
Cumulative inbound coverage
How completely the frameworks we cross-walk collectively cover this — the verdict is the strongest single mapping (overlapping partials are not summed); breadth shows the corroboration behind it.
Collective: partial · 3 mapping(s) from 2 framework(s): CAPEC 2 (partial) · ATT&CK 1 (partial)
NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (0)AI
| Control | Title | Family | Why it addresses this CWE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No NIST controls proposed yet. | |||
MITRE ATT&CK techniques this weakness enables
Our own two-way CWE↔ATT&CK cross-walk — a direct mapping with no public source (the CWE→CAPEC→ATT&CK chain leaves most top weaknesses, incl. XSS and SQLi, mapped to nothing). Drafted by Grok and spot-checked by Claude Opus 4.8.
Direction: ← other covers this;
→ this covers other (F/M/P = full / mostly /
partial).
Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2015-8389 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 0.0389 | 2015-12-02 |
CVE-2019-12798 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 0.0166 | 2019-06-13 |
CVE-2024-52289 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 0.0106 | 2024-11-21 |
CVE-2026-25896 UPD | 7.0 | 9.3 | 0.0044 | 2026-02-20 |
CVE-2018-7158 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.0338 | 2018-05-17 |
CVE-2018-3737 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.0174 | 2018-06-07 |
CVE-2018-11615 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.0335 | 2018-08-30 |
CVE-2018-17984 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 0.0337 | 2018-10-04 |
CVE-2018-20801 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.0317 | 2019-03-14 |
CVE-2019-14993 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.0227 | 2019-08-13 |
CVE-2020-3408 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 0.0155 | 2020-09-24 |
CVE-2024-2223 UPD | 5.5 | 8.1 | 0.0052 | 2024-04-09 |
CVE-2025-20139 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.0063 | 2025-04-02 |
CVE-2025-54365 UPD | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.0073 | 2025-07-23 |
CVE-2026-33418 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.0038 | 2026-03-24 |
CVE-2015-8388 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0659 | 2015-12-02 |
CVE-2018-7536 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 0.0477 | 2018-03-09 |
CVE-2018-7537 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 0.0462 | 2018-03-09 |
CVE-2018-3738 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0.0096 | 2018-06-07 |
CVE-2018-20164 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 0.0330 | 2019-02-13 |
CVE-2020-1741 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 0.0085 | 2020-04-24 |
CVE-2020-11034 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 0.0761 | 2020-05-05 |
CVE-2020-7016 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 0.0109 | 2020-07-27 |
CVE-2020-7929 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 0.0129 | 2021-03-01 |
CVE-2018-1109 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 0.0136 | 2021-03-30 |