CWE-451 308 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-451: User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Overview

CWE-451 (User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The user interface (UI) does not properly represent critical information to the user, allowing the information - or its source - to be obscured or spoofed. This is often a component in phishing attacks.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
operating_system Not OS-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-11925 2026-07-21 Tanium addressed a User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information vulnerability in Tanium Server.
CVE-2026-16403 2026-07-21 Spoofing issue in the Address Bar component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.
CVE-2026-45150 2026-07-15 Zen is a firefox-based browser. Prior to 1.19.13b, Zen Browser did not provide a persistent, clearly visible security notification when a webpage entered fullscreen mode, allowing an attacker-controll…
CVE-2026-48760 2026-07-14 Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. From 6.1.0 until 6.4.41, 7.4.13, and 8.0.13, UrlSanitizer::parse() rejected raw BiDi formatting charac…
CVE-2026-45064 2026-07-14 Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. From 6.1.0-BETA1 until 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, UrlSanitizer::parse() passes Unicode explicit-direc…
CVE-2026-13356 2026-07-06 A malicious webpage could interrupt a pending navigation by enqueuing a synchronous JavaScript dialog, causing the browser UI to display the destination origin in the address bar while continuing to r…
CVE-2026-45488 2026-07-03 User interface (ui) misrepresentation of critical information in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
CVE-2026-14410 2026-07-01 Inappropriate implementation in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromiu…
CVE-2026-14404 2026-07-01 Inappropriate implementation in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVE-2026-14381 2026-07-01 Incorrect security UI in WebAppInstalls in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVE-2026-14154 2026-06-30 Inappropriate implementation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform UI spoofing via a crafted Chrome E…
CVE-2026-14153 2026-06-30 Inappropriate implementation in Glic in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML …
CVE-2026-14144 2026-06-30 Incorrect security UI in Views in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. …
CVE-2026-14143 2026-06-30 Incorrect security UI in Passwords in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVE-2026-14142 2026-06-30 Inappropriate implementation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (C…
CVE-2026-14141 2026-06-30 Incorrect security UI in Document Picture-in-Picture in Google Chrome on Android prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security…
CVE-2026-14139 2026-06-30 Inappropriate implementation in TabStrip in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to perform UI spoofing via a crafted H…
CVE-2026-14138 2026-06-30 Inappropriate implementation in WebAppInstalls in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to perform UI spoofin…
CVE-2026-14136 2026-06-30 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Chrome for iOS in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security…
CVE-2026-14134 2026-06-30 Inappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome on Android prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Previous names

  • UI Misrepresentation of Critical Information (2014-02-18)

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Maintenance_Notes, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-02-13 CWE Content Team 2.6 Critical Defined several different subtypes of this issue.
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Maintenance_Notes, Name, Observed_Examples, Other_Notes, References, Relationships, Research_Gaps
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Observed_Examples, References, Relationships, Type
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2021-03-15 CWE Content Team 4.4 updated Maintenance_Notes, Observed_Examples
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
2022-04-28 CWE Content Team 4.7 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description, Related_Attack_Patterns
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated References
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Observed_Examples
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