CWE-1054: Invocation of a Control Element at an Unnecessarily Deep Horizontal Layer
The code at one architectural layer invokes code that resides at a deeper layer than the adjacent layer, i.e., the invocation skips at least one layer, and the invoked code is not part of a vertical utility layer that can be referenced from any horizontal layer.
Overview
CWE-1054 (Invocation of a Control Element at an Unnecessarily Deep Horizontal Layer) is a base-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.