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Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook Over 80 recipes on how to identify, exploit, and test web application security with Kali Linux 2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781784392918
Length 296 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up Kali Linux FREE CHAPTER 2. Reconnaissance 3. Crawlers and Spiders 4. Finding Vulnerabilities 5. Automated Scanners 6. Exploitation – Low Hanging Fruits 7. Advanced Exploitation 8. Man in the Middle Attacks 9. Client-Side Attacks and Social Engineering 10. Mitigation of OWASP Top 10 Index

A4 – Preventing Insecure Direct Object References


When an application allows an attacker, who is an authenticated user, to simply change a parameter value that directly refers to a system object in a request and with that gain access to another object that isn't authorized, then we have an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR). A couple of examples that we have already seen are the Local File Inclusion and Directory Traversal vulnerabilities.

According to OWASP, IDOR is the fourth most critical type of vulnerability in Web applications. These vulnerabilities are usually caused by a deficient access control implementation or the use of a "Security through obscurity" policy—if the user cannot see it, they will not know it exists—which tends to be a very common practice among inexperienced developers.

In this recipe, we will cover the key aspects that should be taken into account when designing access control mechanisms in order to prevent IDOR vulnerabilities.

How to do it...

  1. The use of indirect...

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