First thing I do is enumerate all the API endpoints that are being hit, on all pages of the website. I then take a look at the requests themselves, what headers are being sent, the response from the server, etc. I try messing around with these.
Most websites, from what I've seen, always tend to overlook the possibility of CSRF or Cross-Site Request Forgery. You can read more about it here.
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What are the first few things you check for on a website? Anything that most websites should always have, but usually don't?
First thing I do is enumerate all the API endpoints that are being hit, on all pages of the website. I then take a look at the requests themselves, what headers are being sent, the response from the server, etc. I try messing around with these.
Most websites, from what I've seen, always tend to overlook the possibility of CSRF or Cross-Site Request Forgery. You can read more about it here.