Weakness · Medium
CWE-448: Obsolete Feature in UI
What it is
A UI function is obsolete and the product does not warn the user.
- 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
- Quality Degradation (Other)
- Varies by Context (Other)
How to prevent it
Architecture and Design
- Remove the obsolete feature from the UI. Warn the user that the feature is no longer supported.
H2 Security
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