api-authorization-and-bola

To test an API for BOLA (Broken Object Level Authorization), you manipulate tokens across multiple endpoints and HTTP verbs to verify if object IDs or nested resources enforce proper access controls. This process reveals unauthorized object access.

IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) is a core type of BOLA where APIs expose object IDs without proper authorization. Testing involves manipulating these IDs and observing responses to detect unauthorized access to object reads or nested resources.

You can check for mass assignment vulnerabilities by sending quick payloads like {"role":"admin"} to endpoints with hidden writable fields. This verifies if weak function-level authorization allows unauthorized privilege escalation.

Yes, API security testing covers CRUD flows and admin endpoints by creating accounts, exercising multiple HTTP verbs, and validating access across tokens to identify weak function-level authorization and hidden endpoints.

Testers often miss API access control gaps by not exercising varying HTTP verbs or manipulating role-based tokens across nested resources. Comprehensive testing requires observing responses for unauthorized actions beyond standard object reads.

Yes, you can test weak function-level authorization by manipulating role-based tokens and executing requests across multiple endpoints. This verifies whether sensitive admin functions are exposed to unauthorized user roles.