OWASP Top Ten 2010 Category A8 - Failure to Restrict URL Access

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 A8 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2010.

Weaknesses

Improper Authorization

The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Incorrect Authorization

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 ...

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Concepts

Deprecated or Obsolete

Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2010)

CWE nodes in this view (graph) are associated with the OWASP Top Ten, as released in 2010. This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the OWASP Top Ten is ...

See Also

  1. Top 10 2010-A8-Failure to Restrict URL Access

    OWASP


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