Exploring the API Security Top 10
To help you better understand and remember the OWASP API Security Top 10 2023 list, we’ll group them into four groups: problems with authorization and authentication, abuse of resources and requests, problems with configuration and management, and integration and risks from third parties:
Figure 3.1 – Mapping OWASP API Top 10 2023 risks to core categories
This broad categorization allows us to zoom out to see the broad risks associated with security APIs. Now, let’s discuss each risk.
OWASP API 1 – Broken Object Level Authorization
Imagine that you live in an apartment building where everyone has a mailbox with a key. You can normally only open your mailbox using your key. However, one day, you realize that your key can unlock not just your mailbox, but also the mailbox of your neighbor, the mailbox of the person three floors above, and so on. In this scenario, let’s switch the...
