CWE•Class•Draft•5 recent CVEs
CWE-573Improper Following of Specification by Caller
Description
The product does not follow or incorrectly follows the specifications as required by the implementation language, environment, framework, protocol, or platform.
Common consequences
- Other→Quality Degradation,Varies by ContextUnintended behaviors may result, possibly leaving the system vulnerable to any number of exploits.
Potential mitigations
- ImplementationWhen leveraging external functionality, such as an API, it is important that the caller does so in accordance with the requirements of the external functionality.