CWE-688 (Function Call With Incorrect Variable or Reference as Argument) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
The product calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies the wrong variable or reference as one of the arguments, which may lead to undefined behavior and resultant weaknesses.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | C | — | Undetermined | — |
| language | Perl | — | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-33549 | 2026-03-22 | SPIP 4.4.10 through 4.4.12 before 4.4.13 allows unintended privilege assignment (of administrator privileges) during the editing of an author data structure because of STATUT mishandling. |
| CVE-2021-33713 | 2021-07-13 | A vulnerability has been identified in JT Utilities (All versions < V13.0.2.0). When parsing specially crafted JT files, a hash function is called with an incorrect argument leading the application to… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | Sean Eidemiller | 1.0 | — | added/updated demonstrative examples |
| 2008-07-01 | Eric Dalci | 1.0 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2008-09-08 | CWE Content Team | 1.0 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Detection_Factors, Relationships, Other_Notes, Weakness_Ordinalities |
| 2009-05-27 | CWE Content Team | 1.4 | — | updated Description |
| 2009-10-29 | CWE Content Team | 1.6 | — | updated Modes_of_Introduction, Other_Notes, Potential_Mitigations |
| 2010-02-16 | CWE Content Team | 1.8 | — | updated Detection_Factors |
| 2011-06-01 | CWE Content Team | 1.13 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2011-06-27 | CWE Content Team | 2.0 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2012-05-11 | CWE Content Team | 2.2 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships |
| 2012-10-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.3 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2014-07-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.8 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-01-31 | CWE Content Team | 4.10 | — | updated Description, Potential_Mitigations |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |