Thursday, March 21, 2013

Client-State Manipulation

Users interact with applications through browsers. When the user submits information, the browser has to send a request back to the web server. Since the information being sent is controlled by the user, the web application should not trust it without validation. An example of Client-State manipulation is modifying the request in a URL to gain admin access on a website. Once an attacker has admin access, he or she would be able to alter the website or gain private information that could be seen with an admin account.


1 comment:

  1. Well written post on client state manipulation! In this, users submits information and then the browser has to send a request back to the web server. Thanks!
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