---
id: 3606
title: "Introducing CWE-based Weaknesses"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/introducing-cwe-based-weaknesses"
published_at: "2017-03-17T02:00:00Z"
tags: ["appsec", "owasp", "vulnerability-taxonomy", "cwe", "standards"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3606"
lang: en
---

# Introducing CWE-based Weaknesses

## Summary

HackerOne replaces its original 18 vulnerability types with a taxonomy based on the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE): 100+ weaknesses and 20+ clusters, mappable to OWASP Top 10 and compatible with external tools and customer taxonomies.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2017-03-17T02:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/introducing-cwe-based-weaknesses
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3606