Issue 277: Hacking WAFs, AI benefits and risks, AI-ready with OpenAPI, Developers exposed
Brief
This week, we cover the promise and pitfalls of using AI for API security, along with newly discovered vulnerabilities in Web Application Firewalls and emerging Vibe Coding platforms. We explore strategies for building APIs optimized for AI integration, and highlight a critical vulnerability in a popular API development framework that developers should be aware of.
Vulnerability: WAF security hacked by HTTP parameter pollution
Researchers at Ethiack uncovered security bypass vulnerabilities in a number of WAF products, demonstrating a cross-site scripting attack using a relatively simple technique to bypass WAF security. ‘HTTP parameter pollution’ exploits the fact that some application technologies interpret duplicate parameters in different ways:
‘https:\//example. com/path?