Base weakness
Draft
CWE-240: Improper Handling of Inconsistent Structural Elements
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when two or more structural elements should be consistent, but are not.
Last updated
4
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-240 (Improper Handling of Inconsistent Structural Elements) is a base-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.
Real-world CVEs
4 recorded CVEs are caused by CWE-240 (Improper Handling of Inconsistent Structural Elements). The highest-severity and most recent are shown first.