🔍 OWASP API Security Experts

Advanced API Penetration Testing
Secure Your Digital Endpoints

Comprehensive API security testing covering OWASP API Top 10, business logic flaws, and authentication bypasses. We identify vulnerabilities in REST, GraphQL, SOAP, and gRPC APIs that automated scanners miss—protecting your data and business logic from sophisticated attacks.

94% Had API Breaches
BOLA #1 Threat Vector
0% False Positives
api-pentest.log
# Testing Broken Object Level Authorization
GET /api/v1/users/123/orders
[VULNERABLE] IDOR detected - Accessing user 456 data
POST /api/v1/admin/users
[BYPASS] Missing auth check - Privilege escalation possible
# Business Logic Abuse Detected
BOLA Found
Critical
Auth Bypass
High
Trusted by API-First Organizations
OWASP API Top 10 Aligned
REST & GraphQL Expertise
CI/CD Integration
Unlimited Retesting

Why APIs Are Failing at Scale

Understanding the critical gaps in modern API security that lead to data breaches and business logic abuse.

Shadow API Sprawl

Organizations lack visibility into their complete API inventory. Shadow, zombie, and undocumented APIs create unmonitored attack paths that bypass security controls.

58% cite API sprawl as critical pain point

Broken Object Level Auth

BOLA (IDOR) vulnerabilities allow attackers to access unauthorized data by manipulating object IDs. The #1 API threat that automated tools consistently miss.

#1 OWASP API Security Risk

Tool Limitations

Traditional DAST tools cannot simulate complex API parameters or understand business logic. They miss authorization flaws and multi-step attack chains.

Automated scans miss 70% of logic flaws

Skills Shortage

70% IT talent shortage means organizations lack internal expertise to conduct sophisticated API security testing and interpret complex vulnerabilities.

33% struggle to find skilled testers

Fragmented Ownership

APIs span engineering, platform, and security teams with no clear accountability. Authorization models implemented locally without shared standards.

94% experienced API incidents

Point-in-Time Testing

Annual penetration testing cannot keep pace with rapid API deployment. Continuous validation is needed as APIs evolve faster than governance.

API breaches up 400% since 2022

Comprehensive Vulnerability Coverage

We test against the industry-standard OWASP API Security Top 10, focusing on the business logic flaws that automated scanners cannot detect.

API1:2023

Broken Object Level Authorization

Testing for IDOR vulnerabilities where attackers manipulate object IDs to access unauthorized data. Includes horizontal and vertical privilege escalation.

BOLA/IDOR Testing
API2:2023

Broken Authentication

Evaluating JWT weaknesses, OAuth flow bypasses, session management flaws, and credential stuffing vulnerabilities in API authentication mechanisms.

Auth Bypass
API3:2023

Broken Object Property AuthTesting unauthorized access to object properties and sensitive fields through excessive data exposure and mass assignment vulnerabilities.

Data Exposure

API4:2023

Unrestricted Resource Consumption

Rate limiting bypass, resource exhaustion attacks, and DoS testing. Validating API resilience against high-volume automated attacks.

Rate Limit Testing
API5:2023

Broken Function Level Authorization

Testing for unauthorized access to administrative or sensitive functions through forced browsing and HTTP method tampering.

Privilege Escalation
API6:2023

Unrestricted Access to Business Flows

Business logic abuse testing including workflow manipulation, race conditions, and bypassing business rules through API automation.

Logic Flaws
API7:2023

Server Side Request Forgery

SSRF testing through API parameters, URL validation bypasses, and internal network probing via vulnerable API endpoints.

SSRF Testing
API8:2023

Security Misconfiguration

Testing for verbose error messages, misconfigured CORS, insecure HTTP methods, and exposed API documentation/versions.

Config Review
API9:2023

Improper Inventory Management

Shadow API discovery, deprecated version testing, and documentation review to identify unmanaged attack surfaces.

API Discovery
API10:2023

Unsafe API Consumption

Testing third-party API integrations, trust boundary violations, and supply chain vulnerabilities through external API dependencies.

3rd Party Risk

API Security Testing Services

Specialized penetration testing for modern API architectures including REST, GraphQL, SOAP, and gRPC protocols.

REST API Penetration Testing

Comprehensive testing of RESTful APIs covering all HTTP methods, authentication schemes, and resource-oriented architectures.

  • JWT & OAuth 2.0 testing
  • Parameter tampering & injection
  • HATEOAS security validation
  • OpenAPI/Swagger analysis
  • State management testing

GraphQL Security Assessment

Specialized testing for GraphQL APIs including query depth analysis, introspection attacks, and resolver authorization testing.

  • Query complexity & depth attacks
  • Introspection exploitation
  • Batch query abuse testing
  • Resolver-level auth bypass
  • GraphQL injection testing

SOAP & XML Services Testing

Security assessment of legacy SOAP web services including XML injection, XXE attacks, and WS-Security validation.

  • XML External Entity (XXE)
  • SOAPAction spoofing
  • XML Signature wrapping
  • WSDL enumeration
  • XPath injection testing

gRPC & Microservices Testing

Specialized testing for gRPC APIs and microservice architectures including protobuf manipulation and inter-service communication.

  • Protobuf message tampering
  • Service mesh bypass testing
  • Inter-service auth validation
  • gRPC-Web security assessment
  • Metadata injection attacks

Cloud API Security Testing

Testing AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, and Google Cloud Endpoints configurations along with serverless function security.

  • API Gateway policy bypass
  • Lambda/Function injection
  • IAM permission escalation
  • Cloud storage exposure
  • Serverless security config

Continuous API Security

Integration with CI/CD pipelines for automated security testing with every deployment, ensuring APIs remain secure as they evolve.

  • Jenkins/GitLab CI integration
  • Automated regression testing
  • Breaking change detection
  • Security gate enforcement
  • Developer-friendly reporting

API Pentest Methodology

Systematic approach combining automated reconnaissance with manual business logic testing and proof-of-concept exploitation.

1. API Inventory & Reconnaissance

  • OpenAPI/Swagger specification analysis
  • Shadow API discovery via traffic analysis
  • Documentation review (Postman, Insomnia)
  • Subdomain enumeration for API endpoints
  • JavaScript analysis for API endpoint extraction

2. Authentication Analysis

  • Auth mechanism identification (OAuth, JWT, API Keys)
  • Token validation and signature verification
  • Session management testing
  • Multi-factor authentication bypass attempts
  • Credential stuffing and brute force testing

3. Endpoint Mapping

  • Resource enumeration and HTTP method testing
  • Parameter discovery and analysis
  • GraphQL introspection and schema analysis
  • Version detection and deprecated endpoint check
  • Input validation pattern identification

1. Injection Testing

  • NoSQL injection in JSON parameters
  • Command injection in API inputs
  • LDAP and XPath injection
  • SSRF via URL parameters
  • XML/XXE in SOAP requests

2. Authorization Testing

  • BOLA/IDOR with object ID manipulation
  • Horizontal privilege escalation
  • Vertical privilege escalation to admin
  • Forced browsing to admin endpoints
  • JWT claim manipulation and algorithm confusion

3. Business Logic Testing

  • Workflow bypass and race conditions
  • Price/quantity manipulation
  • State machine bypass testing
  • Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU)
  • Multi-step process manipulation

1. Proof of Concept Development

  • Custom exploit scripts for complex chains
  • Automated proof-of-concept generation
  • Impact demonstration (data extraction)
  • Video evidence of exploitation
  • CVSS 4.0 scoring and risk rating

2. Remediation Support

  • Developer-friendly code examples
  • Framework-specific fix recommendations
  • Secure coding guidelines
  • Architecture review and hardening
  • Verification of fixes (retesting)

3. Executive Reporting

  • Technical vulnerability details with evidence
  • Business impact analysis
  • Risk-prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Compliance mapping (PCI-DSS, SOC2, GDPR)
  • Secure API development training

The API Security Advantage

What separates expert API penetration testing from automated scanning and generic assessments.

Business Logic Expertise

We go beyond automated scanning to identify complex business logic flaws that tools cannot detect—testing multi-step workflows and state transitions.

Developer-Centric Reporting

Receive actionable reports with code examples, curl commands for reproduction, and framework-specific remediation guidance—not just vulnerability lists.

Unlimited Retesting

Free retesting of remediated vulnerabilities within 12 months. We verify your fixes actually work, not just that code was changed.

CI/CD Integration

Seamless integration with your DevOps pipeline. Automated security gates, webhook notifications, and developer-friendly feedback loops.

Zero False Positives

Every finding is manually verified with proof-of-concept exploitation. We only report vulnerabilities that are actually exploitable.

Shadow API Discovery

We find APIs you didn't know existed through traffic analysis, reverse engineering, and OSINT—closing the visibility gap.

API Testing Toolset

Commercial, open-source, and custom-developed tools for comprehensive API security assessment.

Burp Suite Pro

Postman

Insomnia

RESTler

GraphQL Playground

jwt_tool

Arjun

Kiterunner

CloudFox

OWASP ZAP

grpcurl

Custom Scripts

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