OWASP Top 10 Review of Vulnerability Studies in Web Application Security

Abstract

In order to ensure information security, it is necessary to find the vulnerabilities and risks that exist in the resources that make up the information system. Most of these vulnerabilities are found in web applications, which are used for effective communication and information exchange and are found in almost all systems. OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) identifies current and important concepts that constitute critical vulnerabilities and risks for web applications. For this purpose, it publishes a list of 10 items. In this study, the vulnerabilities and recommendations published by OWASP are discussed and it is aimed to contribute to the provision of information security in web applications. Each item was investigated and analyzed separately. When the literature was examined, the aims and methods used in the studies encountered were emphasized. The fourth category of insecure design, the eighth category of software and data integrity failures, and the tenth category of server-side request failures have been added to the current list. It has been observed that studies on these 3 categories are insufficient. As a result, with the newly added items, a contribution has been made to fill the gaps in the literature.

Keywords

• OWASP
• Information Security
• Web Application Security
• Vulnerabilities
• Web Application

Web Uygulamaları Güvenliği Alanında Güvenlik Açığı Çalışmalarından OWASP Top 10 İncelemesi

Abstract

Bilgi güvenliğini sağlamak için bilgi sistemini oluşturan kaynaklarda var olan güvenlik açıkları ve risklerini bulmak gerekmektedir. Bu açıkların büyük bölümü etkili iletişim ve bilgi alışverişi sağlamak amacıyla kullanılan ve neredeyse bütün sistemlerde yer alan web uygulamalarında bulunmaktadır. OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project), web uygulamalarına yönelik kritik güvenlik açıkları ve risklerini oluşturan güncel ve önemli kavramları belirlemektedir. Bu amaçla 10 maddeden oluşan bir liste yayınlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada, OWASP tarafından yayımlanan güvenlik açıkları ve önerileri ele alınmış olup, web uygulamalarında bilgi güvenliğinin sağlanmasına yönelik katkı sunması amaçlanmıştır. Her madde ayrı ayrı araştırılarak analiz edilmiştir. Literatür incelendiğinde karşılaşılan çalışmaların amaçları ve kullanılan yöntemleri üzerinde durulmuştur. Yayımlanan güncel listeye dördüncü sırada olan güvensiz tasarım, sekizinci sırada yer alan yazılım ve veri bütünlüğü arızaları ve onuncu sırada yer alan sunucu taraflı istek arızaları kategorileri yeni eklenmiştir. Eklenen bu 3 kategori konusunda çalışmaların yetersiz olduğu görülmüştür. Sonuç olarak yeni eklenen maddelerle birlikte literatürde yer alan eksikliklerin giderilmesine yönelik katkı sağlanmıştır.

Keywords

• OWASP
• Web Uygulama Güvenliği
• Güvenlik Açıkları
• Web Uygulamaları
• Bilgi Güvenliği

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