Booking.com account takeover flaw shows possible pitfalls in OAuth implementations

Booking.com, one of the world’s largest online travel agencies, recently patched a vulnerability in its implementation of the OAuth protocol that could have allowed attackers to gain access to customer accounts by simply tricking them into clicking a link. The attack combined three separate issues that on their own could be categorized as low risk and could be introduced by many developers into their implementations.

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