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A01:2021CriticalOWASP Web · Top 10 (2021)

Broken Access Control

Restrictions on what authenticated users are allowed to do are often not properly enforced. Attackers can exploit these flaws to access unauthorized functionality and/or data. CWE-22, CWE-284, CWE-285, CWE-639.

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