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Security · 1h ago

One XSS Flaw Can Sink Your Startup

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A routine PR audit on a tool version management system uncovered multiple critical vulnerabilities, including XSS and SSRF, from a single unvalidated URL field. The fix required just four lines of code using Pydantic's HttpUrl and Literal types. Unlike product issues, security flaws often go undetected until a breach occurs.

Meridian48 take
The article's title is not hyperbolic: a single unvalidated input can indeed lead to full compromise, yet many startups still treat security as an afterthought.
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