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== Sensitive Code Example

For https://www.djangoproject.com/[Django]:

----
# No method restriction
def view(request):  # Sensitive
    return HttpResponse("...")
----

----
@require_http_methods(["GET", "POST"])  # Sensitive
def view(request):
    return HttpResponse("...")
----

For https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/[Flask]:

----
@methods.route('/sensitive', methods=['GET', 'POST'])  # Sensitive
def view():
    return Response("...", 200)
----

== Compliant Solution

For https://www.djangoproject.com/[Django]:

[source,python]
----
@require_http_methods(["POST"])
def view(request):
    return HttpResponse("...")
----

[source,python]
----
@require_POST
def view(request):
    return HttpResponse("...")
----

[source,python]
----
@require_GET
def view(request):
    return HttpResponse("...")
----

[source,python]
----
@require_safe
def view(request):
    return HttpResponse("...")
----

For https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/[Flask]:

[source,python]
----
@methods.route('/compliant1')
def view():
    return Response("...", 200)
----

[source,python]
----
@methods.route('/compliant2', methods=['GET'])
def view():
    return Response("...", 200)
----

== See

* OWASP - https://owasp.org/Top10/A01_2021-Broken_Access_Control/[Top 10 2021 Category A1 - Broken Access Control]
* OWASP - https://owasp.org/Top10/A04_2021-Insecure_Design/[Top 10 2021 Category A4 - Insecure Design]
* OWASP - https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A5_2017-Broken_Access_Control[Top 10 2017 Category A5 - Broken Access Control]
* CWE - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352[CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)]
* https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/csrf[OWASP: Cross-Site Request Forgery]
* https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/http/decorators/#allowed-http-methods[Django] - Allowed HTTP Methods
* https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/quickstart/#http-methods[Flask] - HTTP Methods

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