CAPEC-87: Forceful Browsing

ID CAPEC-87
Typical Severity High
Likelihood Of Attack High
Status Draft

An attacker employs forceful browsing (direct URL entry) to access portions of a website that are otherwise unreachable. Usually, a front controller or similar design pattern is employed to protect access to portions of a web application. Forceful browsing enables an attacker to access information, perform privileged operations and otherwise reach sections of the web application that have been improperly protected.

https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/87.html

Weaknesses

# ID Name Type
CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness
CWE-425 Direct Request ('Forced Browsing') weakness
CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure weakness

Taxonomiy Mapping

Type # ID Name
WASC 34 Predictable Resource Location
OWASP Attacks Forced browsing
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