CAPEC™ 179: Calling Micro-Services Directly

Description

An attacker is able to discover and query Micro-services at a web location and thereby expose the Micro-services to further exploitation by gathering information about their implementation and function. Micro-services in web pages allow portions of a page to connect to the server and update content without needing to cause the entire page to update. This allows user activity to change portions of the page more quickly without causing disruptions elsewhere.

Source: CAPEC™ 179

ASVS (5.0): 10.4.11, 13.2.1, 13.2.2, 14.2.4, 16.3.2, 16.3.3, 6.1.3, 8.1.1, 8.1.4, 8.2.1, 8.3.1, 8.4.2

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