CWE-419

Unprotected Primary Channel
AI Translation Available

The product uses a primary channel for administration or restricted functionality, but it does not properly protect the channel.

Status
draft
Abstraction
base

Common Consequences

access control
Impacts
gain privileges or assume identity bypass protection mechanism

Potential Mitigations

Phases:
architecture and design
Descriptions:
• Protect the administrative/restricted functionality with a strong authentication mechanism.
• Do not expose administrative functionnality on the user UI.