OWASP Top Ten 2010 Category A4 - Insecure Direct Object References
A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.
Summary
Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A4 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2010.
Weaknesses
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource th...
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but ...
The product imports, requires, or includes executable functionality (such as a library) from a source that is outside of the intended control sphere.
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows ...
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment.
Concepts
Deprecated or Obsolete
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See Also
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