COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONIncomplete

CWE-449

The UI Performs the Wrong Action

The UI performs the wrong action with respect to the user's request.

Abstraction

Base

Structure

Simple

Likelihood of Exploit

Medium

Understand the problem

What is the problem?

The UI performs the wrong action with respect to the user's request.

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?

  • Follow secure coding guidelines for input handling and boundary checking.
  • Enforce strict security reviews and automated static analysis (SAST) checks.

Verification

How is it detected?

Manual Analysis

Perform extensive functionality testing of the UI. The UI should behave as specified.