OWASP Top 10 Security Concerns In 2013

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What is the OWASP Top 10?

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software. The OWASP Top Ten is a powerful awareness document for web application security that provides a list of the 10 most critical web application security risks. The most recent version of this document was published in 2013.

OWASP Top 10 in 2013

In the subsections that follow, the top 10 security risks are summarized briefly. Interested parties are encouraged to visit OWASP, or other abundant web resources for more information on each security risks. Depending on the nature of security vulnerability, a front-end framework such as ZK is not the source of weaknesses that need to be strengthened. Application developers need to understand the vulnerabilities leading to the possible exploits attackers may choose to target your system. With that knowledge, software authors can take preventative measures to mitigate these threats.

Injection

Broken Authentication and Session Management

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Insecure Direct Object References

Security Misconfiguration

Sensitive Data Exposure

Missing Function Level Access Control

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards