Mass Assignment Vulnerability: A Deep Dive Into Automatic Data Binding and Its Security Risks

Mass Assignment Vulnerability: A Deep Dive Into Automatic Data Binding and Its Security Risks

ByAdil

Introduction In today’s fast-paced web development environment, frameworks and libraries have made developers’ lives significantly easier. Features like automatic data binding allow us to quickly capture and assign incoming HTTP request data to objects. However, this convenience can come at a steep price. One of the critical vulnerabilities that can arise from overly trusting automatic…

Host Header Poisoning: A Hidden Threat in Web Security

Host Header Poisoning: A Hidden Threat in Web Security

ByAdil

Introduction In the evolving landscape of web application security, many threats go unnoticed or underestimated. One such silent attacker is Host Header Poisoning. Although it doesn’t make headlines like SQL Injection or Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Host Header Poisoning can lead to serious vulnerabilities in web applications, including cache poisoning, password reset poisoning, virtual host routing…