security-review-owasp-mass-assignment

Mass assignment vulnerability occurs when request data silently populates sensitive fields like roles or ownership identifiers during model binding, compromising authorization. It happens when public request payloads are not safely separated from domain and persistence models.

Review DTO boundaries by checking whether explicit mapping controls and framework allowlists safely separate public request payloads from ORM entities. Identify sensitive fields and validate that binding safeguards prevent unauthorized field population across the request flow.

Secure sensitive fields by implementing framework allowlists, ignored properties, or DTO mapping to control which fields are bindable. Review ORM entity flows to ensure request data cannot silently populate fields like permissions, status, or financial values.

Yes, the review validates framework control safeguards across code and configuration. It assesses allowlists, ignored properties, and DTO mapping to confirm that binding protections are properly applied to form handlers, JSON bodies, and ORM flows.

Prevent privilege leaks by reviewing binding boundaries to ensure public request payloads are safely separated from domain models. Validate that sensitive fields like roles, permissions, and owner identifiers have explicit mapping controls preventing unauthorized population.

Check for mass assignment weaknesses when reviewing APIs, form handlers, or ORM flows that accept request data. Focus on binding paths where attackers could potentially set sensitive fields they should never control, such as account state or pricing values.