Cyber Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-602Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security

Abstraction: Class · CVEs in our corpus: 167

The product is composed of a server that relies on the client to implement a mechanism that is intended to protect the server.

When the server relies on protection mechanisms placed on the client side, an attacker can modify the client-side behavior to bypass the protection mechanisms, resulting in potentially unexpected interactions between the client and server. The consequences will vary, depending on what the mechanisms are trying to protect.

Last updated: 21 August 2026 07:11 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 · 11 mapping(s) from 1 framework(s): CAPEC 11 (partial)

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OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

This weakness contributes to A06:2025 Insecure Design.

Control responseHuman-reviewed

Answering this weakness across the control lifecycle, from our framework cross-walks.

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • PR.PS-06
  • PR.AA-05
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V10.7.1
  • V2.2.2
  • V8.3.1
  • V10.4.1

NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (0)AI-assisted

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
No NIST controls proposed yet.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2020-24683 7.69.80.01462020-12-22
CVE-2025-10640 7.59.80.00882025-10-21
CVE-2025-27681 7.49.80.00732025-03-05
CVE-2023-0750 7.39.80.00452023-04-06
CVE-2024-12603 7.39.80.00542024-12-13
CVE-2025-51682 7.39.80.00422025-12-01
CVE-2026-23478 7.39.80.00412026-01-13
CVE-2026-30783 7.39.80.00382026-03-05
CVE-2026-648137.310.00.00392026-07-23
CVE-2025-32469 7.29.90.01212025-05-13
CVE-2025-33024 7.29.90.01172025-05-13
CVE-2025-33025 7.29.90.01172025-05-13
CVE-2022-20658 7.19.60.01392022-01-14
CVE-2022-1525 7.09.10.00742022-09-06
CVE-2026-728677.09.90.00492026-08-10
CVE-2017-12161 6.88.80.01312018-02-21
CVE-2026-595046.89.10.00402026-08-13
CVE-2024-31491 6.78.80.00832024-05-14
CVE-2026-541046.78.80.00722026-06-18
CVE-2026-139016.79.60.00442026-06-30
CVE-2024-28029 6.68.80.00652024-03-21
CVE-2024-52008 6.68.80.00542024-11-26
CVE-2026-42266 6.68.80.00552026-05-13
CVE-2026-141096.69.60.00262026-06-30
CVE-2025-53969 6.58.80.00392025-09-18