Broken Function Level Authorization

High Severity Technical Guide

Vulnerability Description

This vulnerability allows users to access administrative or restricted functions (e.g. changing settings, deleting users) by manually browsing to specific URLs or API endpoints due to missing access checks.

Remediation Guide

To resolve this vulnerability, follow these config changes or developer practices:

Enforce role-based or attribute-based access control checks at the endpoint level. Deny access by default to administrative routes.

Verify Your Fix

After applying the remediation, run an external attack-surface scan to verify that the vulnerability is no longer detected by WebScanify.

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