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This write-up documents my approach to completing the TryHackMe room: OWASP Top 10 2025: Application Design Flaws ↗
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Task 1: Introduction
This room covers four categories of the OWASP Top 10 2025 that are closely related to architecture and system design weaknesses:
These categories highlight how flawed assumptions, weak configurations, and poor architectural decisions can compromise entire systems.
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Task 2: AS02: Security Misconfigurations
Security misconfigurations occur when systems are deployed with unsafe defaults, incomplete configurations, or exposed services. Examples include:
- Default passwords left unchanged
- Public cloud storage buckets
- Debug mode enabled in production
- Unnecessary services exposed to the internet
Proper mitigation requires:
- Hardening default configurations
- Enforcing the principle of least privilege