The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws

Real-World Logic Flaws

The best way to learn about logic flaws is not by theorizing, but through

acquaintance with some actual examples. Although individual instances of

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logic flaws differ hugely, they share many common themes, and they demon-

strate the kinds of mistake that human developers will always be prone to

making. Hence, insights gathered from studying a sample of logic flaws

should help you to uncover new flaws in entirely different situations.