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Clickjacking and UI redressing detection — missing frame protection headers and CSP frame-ancestors

ersinkoc By ersinkoc schedule Updated 4/8/2026

name: sc-clickjacking description: Clickjacking and UI redressing detection — missing frame protection headers and CSP frame-ancestors license: MIT metadata: author: ersinkoc category: security version: "1.0.0"

SC: Clickjacking / UI Redressing

Purpose

Detects clickjacking vulnerabilities where applications can be embedded in iframes on malicious sites, tricking users into clicking hidden elements. Checks for missing X-Frame-Options header, missing Content-Security-Policy frame-ancestors directive, and framebusting bypass vulnerabilities.

Activation

Called by sc-orchestrator during Phase 2 when web applications serving HTML are detected.

Phase 1: Discovery

Keyword Patterns to Search

"X-Frame-Options", "frame-ancestors", "DENY", "SAMEORIGIN",
"helmet", "frameguard", "X_FRAME_OPTIONS",
"SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER", "clickjack"

Checks

  1. Is X-Frame-Options header set? (DENY or SAMEORIGIN)
  2. Is Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors set?
  3. Are both missing? (Clickjacking possible)
  4. Is there JavaScript-based framebusting that can be bypassed?

Configuration Examples

// VULNERABLE: No frame protection headers
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send('<html>...');  // Can be iframed by any site
});

// SAFE: Using helmet
const helmet = require('helmet');
app.use(helmet.frameguard({ action: 'deny' }));
// Or CSP
app.use(helmet.contentSecurityPolicy({
  directives: { frameAncestors: ["'self'"] }
}));
# Django settings.py
X_FRAME_OPTIONS = 'DENY'  # SAFE
# If missing → VULNERABLE
// SAFE: Set header in middleware
func securityHeaders(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
    return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        w.Header().Set("X-Frame-Options", "DENY")
        w.Header().Set("Content-Security-Policy", "frame-ancestors 'none'")
        next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
    })
}

Severity Classification

  • Critical: Missing frame protection on pages with sensitive actions (transfers, settings)
  • High: Missing frame protection on authenticated pages
  • Medium: Missing frame protection on public pages with forms
  • Low: Missing CSP frame-ancestors when X-Frame-Options is set (defense in depth)

Output Format

Finding: CLICK-{NNN}

  • Title: Missing Clickjacking Protection
  • Severity: Critical | High | Medium | Low
  • Confidence: 0-100
  • File: file/path:line
  • Vulnerability Type: CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers)
  • Description: Application does not set X-Frame-Options or CSP frame-ancestors headers.
  • Impact: Users tricked into clicking hidden buttons/links on attacker-controlled pages.
  • Remediation: Set X-Frame-Options: DENY and Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors 'none'.
  • References: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1021.html

Common False Positives

  1. Embeddable widgets — applications designed to be embedded (maps, payment forms)
  2. API-only responses — JSON APIs don't render UI elements
  3. Proxy-level headers — frame protection set at nginx/Apache level, not in app code
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/ersinkoc/security-check --skill sc-clickjacking
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