[carstimon]

You've made the choice of (Locked Door, Open Window) ~ (Good SQL usage, XSS Vulnerability) which seems to be an incorrect rebuttal. Your example doesn't contradict "only as strong as its weakest link", here the weakest link is the XSS Vuln.

The "house analogy" can also support cases where the potential damage is not the same, e.g. if the open window has bars a robber might grab some stuff within reach but not be able to enter.