web apis

This post explores CWE-915, a critical mass assignment vulnerability that can expose web APIs to unauthorized data manipulation. Understanding this vulnerability is essential for developers aiming to secure their applications against potential attacks. Readers should have a basic understanding of web APIs and object-oriented programming concepts.

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data interchange format commonly used for transmitting data between multiple systems, mostly in Web APIs and client applications. JSON is a text-based format that is easy for humans to read and write and also easy for machines to parse and generate. It is language-independent, meaning it can be used with any programming language that has the capability to parse JSON data.