Test Your Knowledge of OWASP Top 10

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Put your cybersecurity knowledge to the test with this quiz about the OWASP Top 10. See how well you can identify the most critical web application security risks.

1. Which category is the most serious web application security risk according to OWASP Top 10:2021?

Cryptographic Failures

Injection

Broken Access Control

Insecure Design

2. What OWASP Top 10:2021 category focuses on failures related to cryptography?

Security Misconfiguration

Cryptographic Failures

Identification and Authentication Failures

Insecure Design

3. What type of attack is described by 'Insecure Deserialization' in OWASP Top 10?

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Broken Access Control

Sensitive Data Exposure

Remote Code Execution

4. Which OWASP Top 10:2021 category includes verifying the integrity of software updates, critical data, and CI/CD pipelines?

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Software and Data Integrity Failures

Injection

Security Logging and Monitoring Failures

5. What is a common consequence of 'Broken Authentication' in the OWASP Top 10:2017?

Privilege Escalation

SQL Injection

Cross-Site Scripting

Exposing Sensitive Data

6. Which OWASP risk category often leads to the exposure of sensitive data?

A09 Security Logging and Monitoring Failures

A02 Cryptographic Failures

A01 Broken Access Control

A04 Insecure Design

7. According to OWASP Top 10:2021, what is the primary focus of 'Insecure Design'?

Software updates

Encryption methods

Design flaws

Network configuration

8. What type of vulnerability does Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) represent?

Injection

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Remote Code Execution

Server-Side Misconfiguration

9. Which OWASP category highlights the importance of logging and monitoring?

A09 Security Logging and Monitoring Failures

A10 Server-Side Request Forgery

A01 Broken Access Control

A02 Cryptographic Failures

10. Which OWASP category was previously known as Broken Authentication?

Identification and Authentication Failures

Insecure Design

Security Misconfiguration

Software and Data Integrity Failures

11. What is the primary risk of 'Cryptographic Failures'?

Loss of data integrity

System performance issues

Exposure of sensitive data

Unauthorized data access

12. Which OWASP Top 10 category deals with Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)?

Broken Access Control

Security Misconfiguration

Insecure Design

Identification and Authentication Failures

13. In the OWASP Top 10:2021, what is the consequence of 'Security Misconfiguration'?

Sensitive data exposure

Increased attack surface

Remote code execution

Session hijacking

14. What is emphasized in the OWASP Top 10:2021 category 'Software and Data Integrity Failures'?

Unverified data integrity

Inadequate logging

Weak encryption

Poor authentication mechanisms

15. What does the OWASP Top 10:2021 category 'Injection' typically involve?

Session fixation

Broken access control

Untrusted data to commands

Inadequate authentication

16. How does the OWASP Top 10:2021 categorize 'Sensitive Data Exposure'?

A symptom of security misconfiguration

An effect of cryptographic failures

A result of SQL injection

A type of insecure design

17. What is a typical example of 'Identification and Authentication Failures' in OWASP?

SQL Injection

Use of weak passwords

Insufficient logging

Cross-Site Scripting

18. Which OWASP category focuses on the issues with the integrity of data and CI/CD pipeline integrity?

Server-Side Request Forgery

Insecure Design

Software and Data Integrity Failures

Security Logging and Monitoring Failures

19. What is a common vulnerability linked to 'A05 Security Misconfiguration'?

Use of default settings

Unpatched software

Misconfigured permissions

All of the above

20. Which OWASP category includes 'Broken Access Control'?

A07 Identification and Authentication Failures

A08 Software and Data Integrity Failures

A01 Broken Access Control

A04 Insecure Design

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