4. CSRF Defense & Broken Access Control Remediation
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CSRF Defense & Broken Access Control Remediation
Mitigate CSRF attacks with SameSite cookies & Anti-CSRF Tokens, and enforce strict server-side authorization checks (BOLA/IDOR).
Broken Access Control & CSRF
### Broken Access Control (OWASP #1)
Broken Access Control occurs when endpoints fail to check whether the authenticated user (`req.user.id`) actually owns the requested resource (`/api/orders/:orderId`). Fix by enforcing ownership checks in middleware.
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