API8:2023 — Security Misconfiguration
Verified by Precogs Threat Research
What is API Security Misconfiguration?
Misconfigured API security settings: missing security headers, unnecessary HTTP methods enabled, permissive CORS, verbose error messages exposing stack traces, and missing TLS configuration.
Impact
The most commonly exploited API weakness after authorization issues. Often enables other attacks by providing information or access that should be restricted.
How Precogs AI Addresses API8
Precogs AI identifies API security misconfigurations including permissive CORS, missing headers, verbose errors, and unnecessary HTTP methods in code and runtime analysis.