# confused deputy problem

> security problem in which a legitimate, more privileged computer program is tricked by another program into misusing its authority on the system

**Wikidata**: [Q5160310](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5160310)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confused_deputy_problem)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/confused-deputy-problem


## References

1. [Source](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/xml/cwec_latest.xml.zip)