COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONDraft

CWE-448

Obsolete Feature in UI

A UI function is obsolete and the product does not warn the user.

Abstraction

Base

Structure

Simple

Likelihood of Exploit

Medium

Understand the problem

What is the problem?

A UI function is obsolete and the product does not warn the user.

Root cause

How and when does the problem arise?

Lifecycle phase

Implementation

Risk

What does successful exploitation lead to?

Quality DegradationVaries by Context

Affected security scopes: Other

Defence

How is it prevented and fixed?

Architecture and Design

Architecture and design approach

Detail
Remove the obsolete feature from the UI. Warn the user that the feature is no longer supported.