CWE-446 - UI Discrepancy for Security Feature

Abstraction:Class
Structure:Simple
Status:Incomplete

Release Date:2006-07-19
Latest Modification Date:2023-06-29

Weakness Name

UI Discrepancy for Security Feature

Description

The user interface does not correctly enable or configure a security feature, but the interface provides feedback that causes the user to believe that the feature is in a secure state.

When the user interface does not properly reflect what the user asks of it, then it can lead the user into a false sense of security. For example, the user might check a box to enable a security option to enable encrypted communications, but the product does not actually enable the encryption. Alternately, the user might provide a "restrict ALL" access control rule, but the product only implements "restrict SOME".