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Common Misuse Scoring System

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

A set of measures of the severity of software feature misuse vulnerabilities. A software feature is a functional capability provided by software. A software feature misuse vulnerability is a vulnerability in which the feature also provides an avenue to compromise the security of a system.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Metric85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

acronym
CMSS
plural
Common Misuse Scoring Systems
possessive
Common Misuse Scoring System's
pluralpossessive
Common Misuse Scoring Systems'