Hacking APIs: Bypassing Rate Limiting

Rate limiting is a security control to prevent abuse or high number of request to APIs, but threat actor can find ways to bypass this control. In this article, we will explore how rate limit works and common bypass techniques through vulnerable API and endpoint, feel free to download from my repository.

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Vulnerable Demo API

I have updated a vulnerable API to conduct the tests. In each article.You can download the project from the following URL, follow the sted of Readme file.

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Introduction

Rate limiting restricts the number of API requests a user can make within a specific timeframe. It is a proper security control in place, but when it is improperly configured, bad guys can exploit API using techniques like…