You do not need to memorize every weakness in existence, but you do need to recognize the ones that cause most real breaches. The CCSP outline points to two widely used lists: the OWASP Top 10 for web application risks and the CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses, published by MITRE and historically associated with SANS.
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