CWE-655

Insufficient Psychological Acceptability

High

Description

The product has a protection mechanism that is too difficult or inconvenient to use, encouraging non-malicious users to disable or bypass the mechanism, whether by accident or on purpose.

Potential Impact

How to Fix

Testing

Where possible, perform human factors and usability studies to identify where your product's security mechanisms are difficult to use, and why.

Architecture and Design

Make the security mechanism as seamless as possible, while also providing the user with sufficient details when a security decision produces unexpected results.

Related Weaknesses

References

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