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CWE-671 Lack of Administrator Control over Security

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Abstraction
Class
Structure
Simple
Status
Draft
Languages
Not Language-Specific
CWE version
5.0

Description

The product uses security features in a way that prevents the product's administrator from tailoring security settings to reflect the environment in which the product is being used.

Extended description

If the product's administrator does not have the ability to manage security-related decisions at all times, then protecting the product from outside threats - including the product's developer - can become impossible. For example, a hard-coded account name and password cannot be changed by the administrator, thus exposing that product to attacks that the administrator can not prevent.

Common consequences

• Other: Varies by Context — This introduces resultant weaknesses or prevents the product from operating at a level of security that is desired by the administrator.

Observed examples

• CVE-2022-29953: Condition Monitor firmware has a maintenance interface with hard-coded credentials • CVE-2000-0127: GUI configuration tool does not enable a security option when a checkbox is selected, although that option is honored when manually set in the configuration file.

Related

Observed example · CVE (2)

  • CVE-2022-29953 The Bently Nevada 3700 series of condition monitoring equipment through 2022-04-29 has a maintenance interface on port 4001/TCP with… vulnerability
  • CVE-2000-0127 The Webspeed configuration program does not properly disable access to the WSMadmin utility, which allows remote attackers to gain… vulnerability

Child of · CWE (1)

  • CWE-657 Violation of Secure Design Principles weakness

Referenced by CVE · weakness (6)

  • CVE-2026-33389 An improper certificate/host key validation vulnerability was discovered in the Smart Polling functionality, which established encrypted… vulnerability
  • CVE-2026-31985 When the upstream Guardian or CMC was configured in the Remote Collector via n2os-tui, the generated configuration disabled TLS certificate… vulnerability
  • CVE-2025-24024 Mjolnir is a moderation tool for Matrix. vulnerability
  • CVE-2023-20115 A vulnerability in the SFTP server implementation for Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode… vulnerability
  • CVE-2022-29163 Nextcloud Server is the file server software for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. vulnerability
  • CVE-2018-13283 Lack of administrator control over security vulnerability in client.cgi in Synology SSL VPN Client before 1.2.5-0226 allows remote… vulnerability

Referenced by CWE · child of (2)

  • CWE-447 Unimplemented or Unsupported Feature in UI weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness