Specification
Skill ID
yaklang/hack-skills/api-sec
Publisher
yaklang
Repository
hack-skills
Installs
0
Files
1
Synced
Sep 23, 2026
How to use it

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  • SKILL.md

What this skill tells the agent

API Security Router

This is the routing entry point for API security testing.

Use this skill first to decide whether the API issue is mostly recon/docs, object authorization, token trust, or GraphQL/hidden parameters, then route to a deeper topic skill.

When to Use

  • The target exposes REST APIs, mobile backends, or GraphQL endpoints
  • You need to define API testing order before going into specific topics
  • You want to handle object authorization, JWT, GraphQL, and hidden fields as separate tracks

Skill Map

  • API Recon and Docs: OpenAPI, Swagger, version drift, hidden documentation
  • API Authorization and BOLA: BOLA, BFLA, method abuse, hidden writable fields
  • API Auth and JWT Abuse: bearer token, header trust, claim abuse, rate-limit bypass
  • GraphQL and Hidden Parameters: introspection, batching, undocumented fields, hidden parameters

Quick Triage

ObservationRoute
Swagger or OpenAPI is presentapi-recon-and-docs
IDs appear in URL, JSON, headers, or GraphQL argsapi-authorization-and-bola
JWT token visible in trafficapi-auth-and-jwt-abuse
/graphql or batched JSON arrays are presentgraphql-and-hidden-parameters
Registration, login, or profile updates accept extra fieldsapi-authorization-and-bola then api-auth-and-jwt-abuse

Recommended Flow

  1. Start with exposed endpoints and documentation assets
  2. Then evaluate object-level and function-level authorization
  3. Then evaluate token, header, signature, and rate-limit boundaries
  4. If GraphQL or complex JSON is present, continue with hidden fields and schema abuse

Related Categories

  • auth-sec
  • business-logic-vuln
  • recon-for-sec

Use this skill in a project

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