Base weakness
Draft
CWE-521: Weak Password Requirements
The product does not require that users should have strong passwords.
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148
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
1
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements) 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.