10 Most Common Web Security Vulnerabilities
OWASP or Open Web Security Project is a non-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software and web applications. The organization publishes a list of top web security vulnerabilities based on the data from various security organizations. The web security vulnerabilities are prioritized depending on exploitability, detectability and impact on software. Exploitability – What is needed to exploit the security vulnerability? Highest exploitability when the attack needs only web browser and lowest being advanced programming and tools. Detectability – How easy is it to detect the threat? Highest being the information displayed on URL, Form or Error message and lowest being source code. Impact or Damage – How much damage will be done if the security vulnerability is exposed or attacked? Highest being complete system crash and lowest being nothing at all. The main aim of OWASP Top 10 is to educate the developers, designers, managers, archite