diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d95905f..5bac64b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,19 @@ # Secure Coding with Python. -## Chapter 4: Broken Authentication -### Fix -In order to avoid giving to much information, we need to use a more generic error message that doesn't give away specifics of the users. +## Chapter 5: Broken De-Authentication +### Requirement +Now that users are allowed to login, we need to let them logout. -**Proceed to [next section](https://github.com/nxvl/secure-coding-with-python/tree/5.1-broken-deauthentication/code)** +### Development +We set the `logged_in` session value to `False` and redirect the user to the login page. + +### Vulnerability +Since flask by default uses cookie store for the sessions, we rely on the information stored in it as the ultimate +source of truth. A source of truth that the user has control over. Because of this, if an attacker get's his/her +hands on a session cookie, they could use them, even after the user logged out to get into the user's account. + + +**Proceed to [next section](https://github.com/nxvl/secure-coding-with-python/tree/5.1-broken-deauthentication/test)** ## Index ### 1. Vulnerable Components diff --git a/marketplace/templates/users/welcome.html b/marketplace/templates/users/welcome.html index 95f17d4..061d57b 100644 --- a/marketplace/templates/users/welcome.html +++ b/marketplace/templates/users/welcome.html @@ -5,5 +5,6 @@