The recently published “OWASP API security top 10” report analyzes the anti-patterns that lead to vulnerabilities and security risks in APIs. In this 10 part series, we introduce these API anti-patterns. Every API professional should know about these anti-patterns.
Mass Assignment from the OWASP API security paper
API security anti-pattern for Mass Assignment
The binding of client-provided data (e.g., JSON) to data models, without properties filtering based on a whitelist, usually lead to Mass Assignment. Either guessing objects properties, exploring other API endpoints, reading the documentation, or providing additional object properties in request payloads, allows attackers to modify object properties they are not supposed to.
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- Part 1 Broken Object Level Authorization
- Part 2 Broken User Authentication
- Part 3 Excessive Data Exposure
- Part 4 Lack of Resources & Rate Limiting
- Part 5 Broken Function Level Authorization
- Part 6 Mass Assignment
Check out the complete OWASP API security paper. To secure access to your APIs, learn more about the OAuth in the OAuth Book, or the OAuth Course. To provide and use identity data in apps and APIs, learn more about OpenID Connect in the OpenID Connect Book, or the OpenID Connect Course.
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