The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is the worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software. What item is the primary concern on OWASP's…

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a significant OWASP Top Ten item but ranks below Injection and was listed at position 7 in the 2017 list and merged under Injection-adjacent categories in 2021.

Injection - including SQL, LDAP, OS command, and other injection types - ranks as the number one risk in the OWASP Top Ten because attackers can send hostile data to an interpreter that executes unintended commands or accesses unauthorized data, with potentially catastrophic impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Path disclosure is an information leakage issue and is not independently listed as a primary item in the OWASP Top Ten Most Critical risks.

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) appears on the OWASP Top Ten but ranks well below Injection, and was removed entirely from the 2021 edition due to modern browser protections reducing its prevalence.