CAPEC-506
Tapjacking
An adversary, through a previously installed malicious application, displays an interface that misleads the user and convinces them to tap on an attacker desired location on the screen. This is often accomplished by overlaying one screen on top of another while giving the appearance of a single interface. There are two main techniques used to accomplish this. The first is to leverage transparent properties that allow taps on the screen to pass through the visible application to an application running in the background. The second is to strategically place a small object (e.g., a button or text field) on top of the visible screen and make it appear to be a part of the underlying application. In both cases, the user is convinced to tap on the screen but does not realize the application that they are interacting with.
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Prerequisites
This pattern of attack requires the ability to execute a malicious application on the user's device. This malicious application is used to present the interface to the user and make the attack possible.
Weaknesses it exploits
- CWE-1021 Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames
Recent CVEs with these weaknesses
- 2.5CVE-2026-18194
IBM App Connect Enterprise 13.0.1.0 through 13.0.8.2 could allow a remote attacker to perform unauthorized actions due to missing anti-clickjacking controls.
- 5.1CVE-2026-123529
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains a stored CSS injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with project write access to inject arbitrary CSS via unsanitized table-cell data-background-color attributes. Attackers can store crafted t…
- 3.5CVE-2026-123850
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.19422 cSS injection was possible in Mermaid diagrams via configuration directives
- 3.1CVE-2026-21834
HCL AION is affected by a vulnerability where the Content-Security-Policy (CSP) security response header was missing from application responses. Without this header, the browser does not restrict the sources of scripts and other content, i…
- 5.3CVE-2026-123311
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3, 2026.2.4 command execution via a hidden run control in the Markdown preview was possible
- 5.3CVE-2026-18159
A vulnerability in OpenText OpenText Directory Services (OTDS) on Windows and Linux allows Clickjacking. This issue affects OpenText Directory Services (OTDS): from 10.5 through 26.2.
- 4.6CVE-2026-108536
IBM Db2 Genius Hub 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper restriction of rendered UI layers or frames.
- 5.1CVE-2026-108049
Clickjacking vulnerability in the Alosuite web application. The affected login interface can be embedded in a web page controlled by an attacker because it does not implement adequate user interface protection mechanisms, such as the X-Fra…
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