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Web Application Vulnerability Allows Denial-of-Service Attacks

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🗄️ Legacy features expose web application to denial-of-service attacks. Praetorian’s recent assessment of a web application revealed a hidden path traversal vulnerability that allowed attackers to upload malicious files, despite the absence of a documented file upload feature. By exploiting an undocumented legacy feature for unit test artifacts, Praetorian demonstrated how an attacker could upload a compressed file that, when decompressed, could significantly degrade system performance. The assessment highlighted critical security oversights, including inadequate input validation and the risks posed by legacy features in modern applications. This case underscores the necessity for rigorous validation practices and effective management of application features throughout their lifecycle to prevent potential security breaches.

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