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CWE-447 — Unimplemented or Unsupported Feature in UI

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-447

CWE-447: Unimplemented or Unsupported Feature in UI

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Base
Status Draft
Likelihood of exploit

Description

A UI function for a security feature appears to be supported and gives feedback to the user that suggests that it is supported, but the underlying functionality is not implemented.

Common consequences

  • Other: Varies by Context, Unexpected State

Mitigations

Testing — Perform functionality testing before deploying the application.

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/447.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html