CWE-650

Trusting HTTP Permission Methods on the Server Side

The server contains a protection mechanism that assumes that any URI that is accessed using HTTP GET will not cause a state change to the associated resource. This might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct resource modification and deletion attacks, since some applications allow GET to modify state.

Mitigation

Phase: System Configuration

Description:

  • Configure ACLs on the server side to ensure that proper level of access control is defined for each accessible resource representation.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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