testing-api-security-with-owasp-top-10
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SKILL.md
Testing API Security with OWASP Top 10
When to Use
- During authorized API penetration testing engagements
- When assessing REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs for security vulnerabilities
- Before deploying new API endpoints to production environments
- When reviewing API security posture against the OWASP API Security Top 10 (2023)
- For validating API gateway security controls and rate limiting effectiveness
Prerequisites
- Authorization: Written scope document covering all API endpoints to be tested
- Burp Suite Professional: For intercepting and modifying API requests
- Postman: For organizing and executing API test collections
- ffuf: For API endpoint and parameter fuzzing
- curl/httpie: Command-line HTTP clients for manual testing
- API documentation: Swagger/OpenAPI spec, GraphQL schema, or API docs
- jq: JSON processor for parsing API responses (
apt install jq)
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