privilege-escalation

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Test API authorization for privilege escalation.

Authordevtint
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill identifies critical authorization flaws in APIs that allow unauthorized users to gain higher privilege levels or access other users' data.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Vertical Escalation: Test if a regular user can access admin functions or impersonate an admin.
  • Horizontal Escalation: Check if a user can access or modify data belonging to other users.
  • Use Case: When testing an e-commerce API, use this Skill to see if a regular customer can access admin endpoints to view all user data or modify other customers' orders.

Quick Start

Use the privilege-escalation skill to test if the current user token can access the '/api/admin/users' endpoint.

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Name: privilege-escalation
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