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Find CWEs associated with CVEs

If you want to find a Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE ) that's associated with a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), use the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) .

While many CVEs have associated CWEs, some might not be classified under a specific CWE or may be associated with multiple CWEs

Steps

  1. Navigate to the NVD website.

  2. Search for the CVE.

    1. From the NVD menu, select Search.

    2. Select Vulnerabilities - CVE.

    3. In Keyword search, enter the CVE identifier (for example, CVE-2020-12345).

    4. Select Search.

  3. In the search results, select the CVE link.

  4. To view the CWE details, under Weakness Enumeration, select any of the CWE links in the displayed list.

    Selecting a CWE link displays the CWE details in the CWE website.

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