Class weakness
Draft
CWE-573: Improper Following of Specification by Caller
The product does not follow or incorrectly follows the specifications as required by the implementation language, environment, framework, protocol, or platform.
5
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Class
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
When leveraging external functionality, such as an API, it is important that the caller does so in accordance with the requirements of the external functionality or else unintended behaviors may result, possibly leaving the system vulnerable to any number of exploits.