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In Burp's browser, log in to the application using the credentials
wiener:peterand update your email address. -
In Proxy > HTTP history, right-click the
PATCH /api/user/wienerrequest and select Send to Repeater. -
Go to the Repeater tab. Send the
PATCH /api/user/wienerrequest. Notice that this retrieves credentials for the userwiener. -
Remove
/wienerfrom the path of the request, so the endpoint is now/api/user, then send the request. Notice that this returns an error because there is no user identifier. -
Remove
/userfrom the path of the request, so the endpoint is now/api, then send the request. Notice that this retrieves API documentation. -
Right-click the response and select Show response in browser. Copy the URL.
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Paste the URL into Burp's browser to access the documentation. Notice that the documentation is interactive.
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To delete Carlos and solve the lab, click on the
DELETErow, entercarlos, then click Send request.
Lab: Exploiting an API endpoint using documentation
To solve the lab, find the exposed API documentation and delete carlos. You can log in to your own account using the following credentials: wiener:peter.
Required knowledge
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- What API documentation is.
- How API documentation may be useful to an attacker.
- How to discover API documentation.
These points are covered in our API Testing Academy topic.
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