Weakness · Medium
CWE-447: Unimplemented or Unsupported Feature in UI
What it is
A UI function for a security feature appears to be supported and gives feedback to the user that suggests that it is supported, but the underlying functionality is not implemented.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Implementation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
What an attacker can do
- Varies by Context (Other)
- Unexpected State (Other)
How to prevent it
Testing
- Perform functionality testing before deploying the application.
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