CWE-449 Detail

CWE-449

The UI Performs the Wrong Action
Incomplete
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
2025-12-11
00h00 +00:00
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Nome: The UI Performs the Wrong Action

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

General Informations

Modes Of Introduction

Implementation

Piattaforme applicabili

Linguaggio

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Conseguenze comuni

Ambito Impatto Probabilità
OtherQuality Degradation, Varies by Context

Esempi osservati

Riferimenti Descrizione

CVE-2001-1387

Network firewall accidentally implements one command line option as if it were another, possibly leading to behavioral infoleak.

CVE-2001-0081

Command line option correctly suppresses a user prompt but does not properly disable a feature, although when the product prompts the user, the feature is properly disabled.

CVE-2002-1977

Product does not "time out" according to user specification, leaving sensitive data available after it has expired.

Detection Methods

Manual Analysis

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

Note sulla mappatura delle vulnerabilità

Giustificazione : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Commento : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Invio

Nome Organizzazione Data Data di rilascio Version
PLOVER 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

Modifiche

Nome Organizzazione Data Commento
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-27 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Potential_Mitigations, Weakness_Ordinalities