CAPEC-461 Web Services API Signature Forgery Leveraging Hash Function Extension Weakness

abstraction: standardstatus: active

An adversary utilizes a hash function extension/padding weakness, to modify the parameters passed to the web service requesting authentication by generating their own call in order to generate a legitimate signature hash (as described in the notes), without knowledge of the secret token sometimes provided by the web service.

severity: High
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