Automated Testing of Broken Authentication Vulnerabilities in Web APIs with AuthREST

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Auteurs principaux: Corradini, Davide, Ceccato, Mariano, Ghafari, Mohammad
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author Corradini, Davide
Ceccato, Mariano
Ghafari, Mohammad
author_facet Corradini, Davide
Ceccato, Mariano
Ghafari, Mohammad
contents We present AuthREST, an open-source security testing tool targeting broken authentication, one of the most prevalent API security risks in the wild. AuthREST automatically tests web APIs for credential stuffing, password brute forcing, and unchecked token authenticity. Empirical results show that AuthREST is effective in improving web API security. Notably, it uncovered previously unknown authentication vulnerabilitiesin in four public APIs.
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spellingShingle Automated Testing of Broken Authentication Vulnerabilities in Web APIs with AuthREST
Corradini, Davide
Ceccato, Mariano
Ghafari, Mohammad
Cryptography and Security
Software Engineering
We present AuthREST, an open-source security testing tool targeting broken authentication, one of the most prevalent API security risks in the wild. AuthREST automatically tests web APIs for credential stuffing, password brute forcing, and unchecked token authenticity. Empirical results show that AuthREST is effective in improving web API security. Notably, it uncovered previously unknown authentication vulnerabilitiesin in four public APIs.
title Automated Testing of Broken Authentication Vulnerabilities in Web APIs with AuthREST
topic Cryptography and Security
Software Engineering
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10320