CWE-683: Function Call With Incorrect Order of Arguments

low-risk

The product calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies the arguments in an incorrect order, leading to resultant weaknesses.

Abstraction: Variant

Common Consequences

Other Quality Degradation

Detection Methods

Automated Analysis

Because this function call often produces incorrect behavior, it will usually be detected during testing or normal operation of the product.

Automated Analysis

Exercising all possible control paths will typically expose this weakness, except in rare cases when the incorrect function call accidentally produces the correct results, or if the provided argument type is very similar to the expected argument type.

Real-World Examples (4)

CVE CVSS EPSS KEV
CVE-2023-32059 7.5 0.1%
CVE-2023-5352 4.3 0.1%
CVE-2026-32269 6.5 0.0%
CVE-2026-24846 5.5 0.0%
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low-risk
Active Threat 0/50 · Minimal
Exploit Availability 0/50 · Minimal