Welcome to the API Vulnerabilities Challenges repository! This project aims to provide a collection of deliberately vulnerable APIs along with corresponding challenges to help individuals and security professionals enhance their skills in identifying, exploiting, and securing API vulnerabilities. Whether you're a beginner looking to learn about API security or an experienced penetration tester, this repository offers a valuable resource for self-training and testing of security tools.
APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are a fundamental part of modern web applications and are crucial for data exchange between different systems. However, the increasing reliance on APIs has also made them a prime target for attackers. To mitigate risks and protect sensitive data, it's essential to understand common API vulnerabilities and how they can be exploited.
This repository serves the following purposes:
- Educational Resource: Learn about various API vulnerabilities, such as Authentication Bypass, and more through hands-on challenges.
- Testing Ground: Use these intentionally vulnerable APIs to test and validate the effectiveness of your security scanning and penetration testing tools.
- Skill Enhancement: Develop your skills in identifying and exploiting API vulnerabilities, which are valuable for securing web applications and systems.
- Security Awareness: Raise awareness about the importance of API security among developers and security professionals.
To get started with the API Vulnerabilities Challenges, follow these steps:
- Clone the Repository: Clone this repository to your local environment using Git.
git clone https://github.com/cerberauth/api-vulns-challenges.git-
Choose a Challenge: Browse through the challenges in the
challengesdirectory and choose one that interests you. Each challenge folder contains detailed instructions on how to set up and exploit the vulnerability. -
Set Up the Environment: Follow the setup instructions provided within the challenge folder to create a running server with the known vulnerability.
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Exploit the Vulnerability: Once the environment is set up, attempt to exploit the vulnerability as per the challenge instructions. Document your findings and the steps you took.
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Share Your Results: If you wish, you can share your findings, write-ups, or solutions by submitting a pull request to this repository.
We encourage contributions from the community to expand the repository with new challenges, improve existing challenges, or provide better documentation. If you would like to contribute, please read our Contribution Guidelines for details on how to get started.
The challenges provided in this repository are designed to be educational and for testing purposes only. Do not attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in systems or APIs without proper authorization. Always ensure that you have the necessary permissions to conduct security testing on any system or application.
This repository is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute the contents of this repository for educational and testing purposes.