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Identify and Prevent Broken Access Control
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- 1In our modern era, applications are becoming increasingly more robust, dynamic, and complex. Given the increased complexity, it is only natural that vulnerabilities will find their way into our app…
- 2Before we can identify any vulnerabilities within our code, we need to obtain a proper understanding of the code. Let’s discuss the intended flow of the code, starting with the login function.
- 3Now that we understand how the code is supposed to work let’s take a look at what’s actually happening. Let’s log in and validate that the protected endpoints are protected. Let’s leverage …
- 4Our last exercise found that the validation code surrounding the account_password feature was not properly securing individual accounts. To understand why let’s dive into the validate_request and a…
- 5As mentioned, applications are becoming increasingly more robust, dynamic, and complex in our modern era. Given the increased complexity, it is only natural that vulnerabilities will find their way…
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