COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONIncomplete

CWE-286

Incorrect User Management

The product does not properly manage a user within its environment.

Abstraction

Class

Structure

Simple

Likelihood of Exploit

Medium

Understand the problem

What is the problem?

The product does not properly manage a user within its environment.

Extended description

Users can be assigned to the wrong group (class) of permissions resulting in unintended access rights to sensitive objects.

Root cause

How and when does the problem arise?

Lifecycle phase

Architecture and Design

Lifecycle phase

Implementation

REALIZATION: This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic.

Lifecycle phase

Operation

Risk

What does successful exploitation lead to?

Varies 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.