Business Logic Vulnerabilities

SKILL: Business Logic Vulnerabilities — Expert Attack Playbook

AI LOAD INSTRUCTION: Business logic flaws are scanner-invisible and high-reward on bug bounty. This skill covers race conditions, price manipulation, workflow bypass, coupon/referral abuse, negative values, and state machine attacks. These require human reasoning, not automation. For specific exploitation techniques (payment precision/overflow, captcha bypass, password reset flaws, user enumeration), load the companion SCENARIOS.md. For the workflow approach itself (modeling → state machine → attack-surface matrix → human judgement) load METHODOLOGY.md. For the per-module check items load CHECKLIST.md.

Companion files

Extended Scenarios

Also load SCENARIOS.md when you need:

• Payment precision & integer overflow attacks — 32-bit overflow to negative, decimal rounding exploitation, negative shipping fees
• Payment parameter tampering checklist — price, discount, currency, gateway, return_url fields
• Condition race practical patterns — parallel coupon application, gift card double-spend with Burp group send
• Captcha bypass techniques — drop verification request, remove parameter, clear cookies to reset counter, OCR with tesseract
• Arbitrary password reset — predictable tokens (md5(username)), session replacement attack, registration overwrite
• User information enumeration — login error message difference, masked data reconstruction across endpoints, base64 uid cookie manipulation
• Frontend restriction bypass — array parameters for multiple coupons (couponid[0]/couponid[1]), remove disabled/readonly attributes
• Application-layer DoS patterns — regex backtracking, WebSocket abuse

1. PRICE AND VALUE MANIPULATION

Negative Quantity / Price

Many applications validate "amount > 0" but not for currency:

Add to cart with quantity: -1
Update quantity to: -100
{
  "quantity": -5,
  "price": -99.99     ← may be accepted
}

Impact: Receive credit to account, items for free, bank transfers in reverse.

Decimal Quantity — "0元购" Case

Real instructor-led case: an e-commerce app accepted fractional quantity because backend trusted client float values:

// Cart item:
{"id": 114016, "skuQty": 0.02}
// Original price ¥500 → final price ¥10
// Variant on a food delivery app:
// FoodNum=0.01 → 68元 商品 实付 0.68元

Why it works: server multiplies unit_price * quantity without enforcing quantity ∈ Z+, so a 2% sliver order pays 2% price but ships the full item. Reproduce by intercepting the cart submit → setting skuQty / FoodNum to 0.02 → finishing checkout.

Drop a Required Field — Free Tier Coercion

Sport activity registration: when paid prizes are involved server returns "payType": "paid"; if the client request is edited to omit prizeIdList entirely, the server falls back to "payType": "free" and creates a successful registration that should have cost money.

// Original
{"prizeIdList": ["6264e6948fe587000113e2d9"], ...}
// Modified — array removed entirely
{"prizeIdList": [], ...}
// Server response:
{"ok": true, "payType": "free"}

This is a parameter-existence trust bug — backend treats "field absent" as "no paid item to enforce", so fix is to require the field and validate its content server-side.

Integer Overflow

quantity: 2147483648   ← INT_MAX + 1 overflows to negative in 32-bit
price: 9999999999999   ← exceeds float precision → rounds to 0

Real case: setting amount=999999999 triggered an overflow path where the system stored 0 as final payable. Always coordinate before triggering overflow tests — they sometimes crash payment services.

Rounding Manipulation

Item price: $0.001
Order 1000 items → each rounds down → total = $0.00

Real "half-price recharge" bug: input ¥0.019 to top-up. The pay gateway charges only ¥0.01 (rounded down to the cent), but the wallet credits ¥0.02 (rounded up). Net gain per cycle is ¥0.01, repeat for free balance growth.

Currency Exchange Rate Lag

1. Deposit using currency A at rate X
2. Rate changes
3. Withdraw using currency A at new rate → profit from rate difference

Free Upgrade via Promo Stacking

Test combining discount codes, referral credits, welcome bonuses:

Apply promo: FREE50  → 50% off
Apply promo: REFER10 → additional 10%
Apply loyalty points → additional discount
Total: -$5 (free + credit)

2. RACE CONDITIONS

Concept: Two operations run simultaneously before the first completes its check-update cycle.

Double-Spend / Double-Redeem

# Send same request simultaneously (~millisecond apart):
# Use Burp Repeater "Send to Group" or Race Conditions tool:

POST /api/use-coupon    ← send 20 parallel requests
POST /api/redeem-gift   ← same coupon code, parallel
POST /api/withdraw-funds ← same balance, parallel

# If check and update are non-atomic:
# Thread 1: check(balance >= 100) → TRUE
# Thread 2: check(balance >= 100) → TRUE (before Thread 1 deducted)
# Thread 1: balance -= 100
# Thread 2: balance -= 100 → BOTH succeed → double-spend

Race Condition Test with Burp Suite

1. Capture request
2. Send to Repeater → duplicate 20+ times
3. "Send group in parallel" (Burp 2023+)
4. Check: did any duplicate succeed?

Turbo Intruder — Bypassing Per-Number SMS Rate Limit

Real case: when a normal request returns "该号码短时间内申请发送短信次数过多，拒绝发送", sending the same payload with high concurrency through Turbo Intruder defeats the simple counter:

def queueRequests(target, wordlists):
    engine = RequestEngine(endpoint=target.endpoint,
                           concurrentConnections=30,
                           requestsPerConnection=10,
                           pipeline=False)
    for i in range(30):
        engine.queue(target.req, target.baseInput, gate='race1')
    engine.openGate('race1')

Result: the per-phone limiter races and many requests slip through, generating multiple distinct verification codes (a real SMS-bombing case). Root cause: counter increment is non-atomic vs. the read.

Multi-Device Concurrent VIP Subscription

Real case: a service offers first-month-only discount. Open the pay sheet on multiple devices (A, B, C) before any payment finishes, then complete each in sequence. Server only checks "is new user?" at the first request, so all subsequent requests inherit the discount AND the VIP duration stacks.

Normal: 下单 → 支付 → 充值会员 → 第二次下单 → 服务端校验 "已是新人" → 拒绝
Bypass: 设备A: 进入支付页 (锁定优惠资格)
        设备B: 进入支付页 (并发锁定)
        设备A: 完成支付 → VIP +1月 (优惠价)
        设备B: 完成支付 → VIP +1月 (仍按优惠价)

Same trick works on "补差价升级会员" — concurrent top-ups duplicate the duration credit.

Account Registration Race

Register with same email simultaneously → two accounts created → data isolation broken
Password reset token race → reuse same token twice
Email verification race → verify multiple email addresses

Limit Bypass via Race

"Claim once" discounts, freebies, "first order" bonus:
→ Send 10 parallel POST /claim requests
→ Race window: all pass the "already claimed?" check before any write

3. WORKFLOW / STEP SKIP BYPASS

Payment Flow Bypass

Normal flow:
  1. Add to cart
  2. Enter shipping info
  3. Enter payment (card/wallet)
  4. Click confirm → payment charged
  5. Order confirmed

Attack: Skip to step 5 directly
POST /api/orders/confirm {"cart_id": "1234", "payment_status": "paid"}
→ Does server trust client-sent payment_status?

Multi-Step Verification Skip

Password reset flow:
  1. Enter email
  2. Receive token
  3. Enter token
  4. Set new password (requires valid token from step 3)

Attack: Try going to step 4 without completing step 3:
POST /reset/password {"email": "victim@x.com", "token": "invalid", "new_pass": "hacked"}
→ Does server check that token was properly validated?

Or: Try token from old/expired flow → still accepted?

2FA Bypass

Normal flow:
  1. Enter username + password → success
  2. Enter 2FA code → logged in

Attack: After step 1 success, go directly to /dashboard
→ Is session created before 2FA completes?
→ Does /dashboard require 2FA-complete check or just "authenticated" flag?

Filter Path Truncation Bypass — ..// and ;

Real case from a Java Web class audit: a manually-implemented Servlet Filter checks login by inspecting the URI string. Two reliable bypasses:

Path-traversal truncation (../):
  Protected:   http://target/FilterDemo/index.jsp        → 302 to /login
  Bypass:      http://target/FilterDemo/../../index.jsp  → 200 (filter sees "../../", URL parser collapses)

Semicolon truncation (;):
  Protected:   http://target/admin/doLogin.action        → 302 to /login
  Bypass:      http://target/;/admin/doLogin.action      → 200
                              ^
                              Servlet container treats segment after ; as "path parameter",
                              filter that uses request.getRequestURI() sees "/;/admin/doLogin.action",
                              doesn't match its protected-prefix "/admin/", lets the request through,
                              but the dispatcher then routes to the real /admin/doLogin.action handler.

Fix: never use request.getRequestURI() for security checks; use request.getServletPath() which is the normalized servlet-mapped path:

// Vulnerable
String uri = request.getRequestURI();   // /;/admin/doLogin.action
// Safe
String path = request.getServletPath(); // /admin/doLogin.action

When auditing Java code, grep for request.getRequestURI() paired with Filter/startsWith/indexOf("/admin") patterns — those are immediate red flags.

Real-Name Verification Replay-To-Reset

Fraudulent path that deliberately fails real-name authentication to reopen the editing flow:

1. Submit real-name auth with intentionally wrong cardNumber
   → server returns "code:200, msg:success, ok:true" but flow shows "驳回 / 等待审核"
2. Because the server marks state as "rejected" but doesn't lock the user, the UI lets the
   account go back into the "edit identity" state
3. Now resubmit with another (possibly stolen) identity
   → real-name binding repeats indefinitely, defeating anti-addiction lock and enabling account resale

Defense: rejected real-name submissions must lock the account / require human review, not loop back to the editor.

Shipping Without Payment

  1. Add item to cart
  2. Enter shipping address
  3. Select payment method (credit card)
  4. Apply promo code (100% discount or gift card)  
  5. Final amount: $0
  6. Order placed

Attack: Apply 100% discount code → no actual payment processed → item ships

4. COUPON AND REFERRAL ABUSE

Coupon Stacking

Test: Can you apply multiple coupon codes?
Test: Does "SAVE20" + promo stack to >100%?
Test: Apply coupon, remove item, keep discount applied, add different item

Referral Loop

1. Create Account_A
2. Register Account_B with Account_A's referral code → both get credit
3. Create Account_C with Account_B's referral code
4. Ad infinitum with throwaway emails
→ Infinite credit generation

Coupon = Fixed Dollar Amount on Variable-Price Item

Coupon: -$5 off any order
Buy item worth $3, use -$5 coupon → net -$2 (credit balance)

5. ACCOUNT / PRIVILEGE LOGIC FLAWS

Email Verification Bypass

1. Register with email A (legitimate, verified)
2. Change email to B (attacker's email, unverified)
3. Use account as verified — does server enforce re-verification?

Or: Change email to victim's email → no verification → account claim

Password Reset Token Binding

1. Request password reset for your account → get token
2. Change your email address (account settings)
3. Reuse old password reset token → does it still work for old email?

Or: Request reset for victim@target.com
    Token sent to victim but check: does URL reveal predictable token pattern?

OAuth Account Linking Abuse

1. Have victim's email (but not their password)
2. Register with victim's email → get account with same email
3. Link OAuth (Google/GitHub) to your account
4. Victim logs in with Google → server finds email match → merges with YOUR account

Cookie Replacement — Horizontal/Vertical Privilege Escalation

The textbook IDOR demo from the audit videos:

1. Login as super-admin → capture request, copy Cookie (JSESSIONID/Token)
2. Logout, login as plain user → capture another request to the SAME endpoint
3. Replay the plain-user request, but swap the Cookie value with the admin's token
4. If the response returns admin-only data → vertical escalation
   If it returns another-user's data → horizontal escalation

A common companion bug: /oa/emp/list returns HTTP 302 to /login when no cookie, but 200 with full data when any plain-user cookie is sent — meaning the only check is "logged in?", not "authorized for this endpoint".

Permission Residue from Database Inconsistency

A subtle case from the second audit class: the admin UI shows that role X has had permission user:list revoked, but querying the SQL data:

SELECT * FROM sys_menu WHERE role_id = 2;
-- two rows for the same menu_id "user:list"

The UI's "remove permission" only deleted ONE row; the duplicate row keeps the API accessible. Verify by:

SELECT menu_id, COUNT(*) FROM sys_menu GROUP BY menu_id, role_id HAVING COUNT(*) > 1;

Lesson: when a UI says permission revoked but API still works → check the underlying RBAC table for duplicates / orphaned grants.

Weak-Random Password Reset Token

PHP / legacy stack on Windows uses rand() whose RAND_MAX = 32768. If a reset link uses /resetpassword.php?id=md5(rand()), the entire keyspace is precomputable:

$a = 0;
for ($a = 0; $a <= 32768; $a++) {
    $b = md5($a);
    echo $b . "\r\n";
}

Iterate the resulting dictionary against /resetpassword.php?id=<hash> — when one returns a valid reset page you can change the victim's password. Audit any token generation that ultimately calls rand(), mt_rand() (without seeding), Random() (default seed in C#), etc.

6. API BUSINESS LOGIC FLAWS

Object State Manipulation

order.status = "pending"
→ PUT /api/orders/1234 {"status": "refunded"}   ← self-trigger refund
→ PUT /api/orders/1234 {"status": "shipped"}    ← mark as shipped without shipping

Transaction Reuse

1. Initiate payment → get transaction_id
2. Complete purchase
3. Reuse same transaction_id for second purchase:
   POST /api/checkout {"transaction_id": "USED_TX", "cart": "new_cart"}

Limit Count Manipulation

Daily transfer limit = $1000
→ Transfer $999, cancel, transfer $999 (limit not updated on cancel)
→ Parallel transfers (race condition on limit check)
→ Different payment types not sharing limit counter

Java Web "No Filter, No Spring Security" Anti-Pattern

Audit-friendly tell: a Spring Boot project that does NOT include spring-boot-starter-security and has zero Filter classes. This means every controller is wide-open for guest unless the developer manually checked the session in each method. Reproduce:

# Inside the source tree
find . -name "*.java" -exec grep -l "Filter" {} \;     # likely empty
find . -name "*.java" -exec grep -l "@PreAuthorize\|@Secured" {} \;

If both are empty, expect almost every API to be unauthorized. From the audit demo:

public Result score(@RequestParam("userId") Integer userId) {
    Score score = scoreService.selectScoreByUserId(userId);
    return Result.success(score);
}

No check that userId matches the session's logged-in user → horizontal IDOR. Worse: the same endpoint works without any Cookie, since nothing forces authentication globally.

Spring Security antMatchers Coverage Gap

The audit videos also showed a partially-secured Spring Security config like:

.antMatchers("/system/user/info").authenticated()
.antMatchers("/system/menu/**").hasRole("admin")

A common error is an over-narrow rule — e.g. /system/user/info is protected but /system/user/list is not, or /system/menu/** is admin-only but /system/dept/treeData is open. Cross-check the controller annotations (@PreAuthorize("@ss.hasPermi('system:user:list')")) against the SecurityConfig — every annotated endpoint must also map to a SecurityConfig rule. Mismatches are common after refactors.

7. SUBSCRIPTION / TIER CONFUSION

Free tier: cannot access feature X
Paid tier: can access feature X

Attack: 
- Sign up for paid trial → enable feature X → downgrade to free
  → Does feature X get disabled on downgrade? 
  → Can you continue using feature X?

Or:
- Inspect premium endpoint list from JS bundle
- Directly call premium endpoints with free account token
→ Server checks subscription for UI but not API?

Direct Media URL Leak — VIP Resource Bypass

Real cases from a fitness/learning app: when the client requests course detail, the JSON response embeds the raw media URL:

GET /gerudo/v2/liveCourse/625020ce8f002700010554c1/detail HTTP/1.1
{
  "previewPullUrl": "http://app-live.../live/app-live_625020ce8f002700010554c2_Preview.flv"
  ...
}

Search all detail / preview / playback responses for keywords:

.flv  .m3u8  .mp4  .mp3  videoUrl  downloadUrl  streamUrl  previewPullUrl

For each hit, replay the URL anonymously (curl, VLC, flv.js demo at https://bilibili.github.io/flv.js/demo/). If the URL plays without a session, you've broken VIP gating. Defense: use signed, short-TTL URLs bound to user/IP/Referer, not raw resource paths.

Resource ID Replacement — Free → Paid Course

Companion bug: free course detail returns {"id": "60caa21e853f5c1651b27c1b", ...}. Replace the ID in the URL with a known paid course ID. If the response structure remains the same and includes the playable URL → IDOR on premium content. Defense: verify the owner relation on each detail call, not just "is logged-in".

8. FILE UPLOAD BUSINESS LOGIC

For the full upload attack workflow beyond pure logic flaws, also load:

• upload insecure files

Upload size limit: 10MB
→ Upload 10MB → compress client-side → server decompresses → bomb?
(Zip bomb: 1KB zip → 1GB file = denial of service)

Upload type restriction:
→ Upload .csv for "data import" → inject formulas: =SYSTEM("calc")
  (CSV injection in Excel macro context)
→ Upload avatar → server converts → attack converter (ImageMagick, FFmpeg CVEs)

Storage path prediction:
→ /uploads/USER_ID/filename
→ Can you overwrite other user's file by knowing their ID + filename?

9. TESTING APPROACH

For each business process:
1. Map the INTENDED flow (happy path)
2. Ask: "What if I skip step N?"
3. Ask: "What if I send negative/zero/MAX values?"
4. Ask: "What if I repeat this step twice?" (idempotency)
5. Ask: "What happens if I do A then B instead of B then A?"
6. Ask: "What if two users do this simultaneously?"
7. Ask: "Can I modify the 'trusted' status fields?"
8. Think from financial/resource impact angle → highest bounty

For the formal 5-phase workflow — Business Modeling → State Machine → Attack-Surface Matrix → Checklist-Driven Testing → Human Judgement — load METHODOLOGY.md. It includes a single-page decision tree (Q1 ~ Q7) for "I'm staring at a request and don't know what to try first".

10. HIGH-IMPACT CHECKLISTS

For the full per-module list (login / register / password recovery / payment / coupon / order / IDOR / privacy / VIP / URL redirect / cookie & token / race / comments) with why and verify columns — load CHECKLIST.md.

The condensed top-impact items below are the "if you have only 30 minutes, hit these first" set:

E-commerce / Payment

□ Negative quantity / decimal quantity (skuQty=0.02, FoodNum=0.01) in cart
□ Drop required fields (delete prizeIdList) to coerce free tier
□ amount=999999999 integer overflow → final 0
□ Apply multiple conflicting coupons via array params
□ Race condition: double-spend gift card / same coupon
□ Skip payment step directly to order confirmation  
□ Server-trusted client status fields (payment_status=paid, success:true)
□ Refund without return (trigger refund on delivered item via state change)
□ Multi-device concurrent VIP subscription / 补差价升级
□ Currency rounding exploitation (¥0.019 charge → ¥0.02 wallet credit)

Authentication / Account

□ 2FA bypass by direct URL access after password step
□ Filter bypass: ../../path traversal truncation, ;path-parameter truncation
□ Password reset token reuse after email change
□ Weak random reset token: md5(rand()) on Windows PHP, predictable seed
□ Email verification bypass (change email after verification)
□ OAuth account takeover via email match
□ Register with existing unverified email
□ Cookie replacement (admin → user / user → another user)
□ Real-name verification "故意填错" replay-to-reset

Subscriptions / Limits / Resources

□ Access premium features after downgrade
□ Exceed rate/usage limits via parallel requests (Turbo Intruder)
□ Referral loop for infinite credits
□ Free trial ≠ time-limited (no enforcement after trial)
□ Direct API call to premium endpoint without subscription check
□ Free-course ID swap to paid-course ID (IDOR on resource)
□ Direct media URL exposure in JSON (.flv / .m3u8 / .mp4 in response)
□ Server-side RBAC residue (sys_menu duplicate rows)
□ Java Web no-Filter / Spring Security antMatchers gap

11. CONSOLIDATED CHECKLIST (2-Hour Full Sweep)

The Section 10 list is the "30-minute money grab". This list is the next layer: when you have a couple of hours and want a defensive-grade sweep across all nine business surfaces. It's organized by surface, then by attack mechanism inside the surface, so you can read a column-down for "what classes of bug might exist on this endpoint" and a row-across for "where else does this attack apply".

For full item / why / verify triplets including reproduction steps and tooling per item, load CHECKLIST.md. This section keeps only the item line for fast scanning.

11.1 Login / Authentication

□ Username enumeration via response diff (msg / status code / timing)
□ Username enumeration via SMS-send response (sent vs not-registered)
□ Brute force without lockout (no rate limit on failed login)
□ Default / weak credentials (admin/admin, root/123456) on backend & infra
□ 2FA bypass via direct URL after password step / replay 2FA token
□ Client-trusted login flag (status=success, is_login=true in response body)
□ Third-party / SSO callback IDOR (modify uid in callback to take over)
□ Biometric liveness bypass (replay static photo / pre-recorded video)
□ Open redirect in login/register (return_url, redirect, callback param)
□ Hardware-key signature replay / forgery (USB-Key, PKI cert)

11.2 Registration

□ Username / phone / email enumeration via "already exists" response
□ Password strength only enforced client-side (set 123456 server-side)
□ Skip multi-step registration (POST final step directly, miss email verify)
□ Verification code not enforced (empty / random / fixed value passes)
□ SMS / email code replay (same code used twice or across users)
□ Re-register same username after logout, inherit old data / privileges
□ Anti-fraud bypass via N similar virtual accounts (same device, diff email)
□ Mass-register replay-protection missing (no nonce on submit step)

11.3 Password Recovery / Reset

□ Reset target tampering (uid / email / phone in submit step)
□ Reset token predictable (timestamp-derived, weak hash, short random)
□ Cross-user token reuse (A's reset_token, change B's password)
□ Old-password check missing on logged-in change-password endpoint
□ Skip code-verify step, hit final reset endpoint directly
□ Reset link / answer / token leaked in HTML or JS source
□ Reset token has no expiry / not invalidated after use
□ Reset code base64-only "obfuscated" in response
□ Inconsistent identity across multi-step flow (reset_token from step 2
  reusable in step 4)
□ Old session not revoked after email/phone re-bind

11.4 Session / Token

□ Session fixation: pre-login session id remains valid after login
□ Token not bound to user/IP/device (steal cookie → use anywhere)
□ Forged token: weak algorithm md5(username + timestamp), no server salt
□ Stale token still accepted after logout / expiry (no blacklist)
□ Cookie tampering (uid / role / is_admin in cookie trusted server-side)
□ State-machine replay (replay "claim red packet" → re-claim)
□ Anti-replay missing on one-time tokens (CSRF token, OTP, nonce)
□ Sensitive credentials (token, answer, key) hardcoded in front-end JS
□ Privileged session created from public Session ID without re-auth
□ Token works cross-environment (different IP, different UA, no validation)

11.5 Payment / Order

□ Amount tampering: amount = 0.01 / 0 / negative / 0.001
□ Quantity tampering: quantity = -1 / 0.01 / 1.5 / 999999999
□ Integer overflow: quantity * price wraps to 0 or negative
□ Floating-point precision exploit (multi-decimal, accumulated rounding)
□ Currency code swap (CNY → JPY/RUB at same numeric value)
□ Coupon / discount field forge (coupon_id, discount=, free_shipping=true)
□ Item ID swap: replace product_id with cheaper SKU at checkout
□ Signature / sign-field bypass (drop sign param, use stale sign)
□ Payment-callback forgery (status=paid posted to internal callback)
□ Replay paid request → multiple shipments / multiple credit
□ Race / concurrency: oversell, double-spend gift card, double redeem coupon
□ Refund without losing the merchandise / virtual rights
□ VIP duration tampering (days=999, months=120, period=-1)
□ Receiver-account redirect (merchant_id / receiver_account swap on withdraw)
□ Negative shipping / fee fields decreasing total (shipping_fee = -500)
□ Concurrent topup-then-refund draining (refund > topup in race window)
□ Pricing rule transition window (price changes at T, replay at T-ε with old rule)
□ Currency rounding micro-arbitrage (charge 0.019 → wallet credit 0.02)
□ Multi-channel inconsistency (online vs cash-on-delivery vs balance pay)

11.6 IDOR / Authorization

□ Horizontal IDOR: uid / order_id / resource_id swap to victim's
□ Vertical IDOR: role / type / level field set to admin in request
□ Hidden field tampering (data-user-id in HTML / JS state)
□ Email / phone re-bind without verifying old binding
□ UID vs session-token consistency missing (token belongs to A, uid sent as B)
□ Predictable / sequential resource IDs (gift IDs, share-link IDs)
□ Resource enumeration on order / coupon / share / trip-detail endpoint
□ Multi-entry inconsistency: web blocks, mobile API doesn't
□ State-machine illegal transition (claim reward without paying / shipping
  before order paid)
□ Hidden / undocumented admin endpoint accessible without admin auth
□ Cross-role function call (user calls merchant API, rider API, etc.)
□ Privilege via concurrent action (request role-elevation race condition)

11.7 CAPTCHA / Verification Code

□ Code returned in plaintext in HTTP response (body / header / JS var)
□ Receiver tampering: change phone / email param to attacker-controlled
□ Empty / fixed code accepted (000000, blank, "test")
□ Drop the code field entirely → request still succeeds
□ Cross-account reuse (A's valid code accepted on B's flow)
□ One-time enforcement missing (same code reusable until expiry)
□ Brute force 4-6 digit code (no attempt limit, no lockout)
□ SMS / email bombing (no rate limit per IP / per phone / no graphical CAPTCHA)
□ Front-end-only "send-success" status (server says fail, FE says success)
□ Code not bound to session (code generated for A, used in B's session)

11.8 File Upload

□ Content-Type bypass (Content-Type: image/jpeg, body is PHP)
□ Extension trick: double ext (.php.jpg), case mix (.Php), null byte, ;path
□ Filename path traversal (filename=../../webshell.php)
□ File-content polyglot (image with embedded PHP / shell)
□ Office XML repack (unzip docx → inject XML → rezip → upload)
□ XXE via .xml / .dtd upload endpoint
□ Backend-only upload (admin login → upload → exec)
□ Upload race: upload + parallel access before AV scan / cleanup
□ ZIP bomb (1KB → 1GB on server, decompress DoS)
□ CSV formula injection (=SYSTEM("calc"), =cmd|'/c calc'!A1)
□ Storage path predictable / overwritable across users (/uploads/UID/file)
□ Image converter / parser CVE (ImageMagick, FFmpeg, pillow)

11.9 CSRF / SSRF / XXE

□ XXE file read (<!ENTITY x SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">)
□ XXE blind via OOB (parameter entity → DNSLog / Burp Collaborator)
□ SSRF via image-import / webhook / preview URL (file://, http://127.0.0.1)
□ SSRF via FTP / gopher / jar / php-wrapper / dict protocols
□ XML parser dangerous wrappers enabled (php://expect, expect://)
□ Out-of-band detection for blind injection (DNSLog confirms server hit)
□ CSRF on state-changing endpoint (no token, no SameSite, no origin check)
□ Payment / withdrawal CSRF via auto-submitting hidden form
□ Login CSRF (force victim to log into attacker account)
□ JSONP / JSONP-callback exploitation as CSRF read primitive

How to Use This Section

1. Print or screenshot the relevant 1-2 sub-sections for the target's surface.
2. For each □ mark: NOT-APPLICABLE / NOT-VULN / VULN / NEEDS-RECHECK.
3. Mark the EXACT endpoint + parameter + payload that proved the bug (or proved it absent), so the report is reproducible.
4. Cross-reference with METHODOLOGY.md Q1~Q7 decision tree when an item triggers something unexpected — the tree tells you which neighboring items are likely also vulnerable.
5. For deep payloads / curl-ready commands / Burp screenshots per item, load CHECKLIST.md (full triplets) and SCENARIOS.md (real cases).