# web-security-review

Audits web applications against OWASP Top 10 (2021) risks and produces a prioritized remediation roadmap. Useful for reviewing server code, framework setups, and web configurations.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 613 installs · ★ 206
- Author: OWASP
- License: CC-BY-4.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/OWASP/secure-agent-playbook/tree/HEAD/plugins/code-security-skills/skills/web-security-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/web-security-review

## What it does

This skill audits web applications following the procedure in `plays/owasp-top10-web-review.md`. The agent starts by mapping frameworks and trust boundaries. Next, it evaluates the code against OWASP Top 10 risks, focusing on access control and injection flaws. Every step follows explicit guidance.

The procedure includes targeted checks for frameworks like Express and Django. It also reviews configuration files for Nginx or Apache. Server configuration checks require actual configuration files, so the analysis remains incomplete if deployment manifests are missing.

The final output delivers a 10-category risk matrix and a prioritized remediation roadmap. Individual findings use `templates/finding.md`. The review also highlights positive security controls already in place.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill web-security-review -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/web-security-review/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/web-security-review/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill web-security-review -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/web-security-review/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill web-security-review -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/web-security-review/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install OWASP/secure-agent-playbook web-security-review
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/web-security-review/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill web-security-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --path plugins/code-security-skills/skills/web-security-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/web-security-review/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill web-security-review -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/OWASP/secure-agent-playbook/tree/HEAD/plugins/code-security-skills/skills/web-security-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit server-side code against OWASP Top 10 risks
- detect broken access control and IDOR flaws
- review Nginx and Apache server configurations
- generate a risk matrix with a prioritized remediation roadmap

## Example prompts
- Run a web security review on this codebase following the OWASP Top 10 playbook
- Audit our Express backend and Nginx configs for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Evaluate authentication and access control using web-security-review

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---
name: web-security-review
description: Review web applications against the OWASP Top 10 for Web Applications (2021). Use when auditing web apps, reviewing server-side code, or assessing web frameworks for the classic OWASP Top 10 risks including injection, broken auth, and XSS.
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# Web Security Review (OWASP Top 10)

Review web applications against all 10 OWASP Top 10 risks by following the full procedure in `plays/owasp-top10-web-review.md`.

## Steps

1. **Application Mapping** — Identify framework/language, deployment model (monolith/microservices), trust boundaries (internet/internal/local), data sensitivity (PII, financial, health), and authentication mechanisms.

2. **Assess Each OWASP Top 10 Risk**:
   - **A01 Broken Access Control** — Missing authz checks, IDOR, privilege escalation, path traversal, CORS misconfigurations
   - **A02 Cryptographic Failures** — Weak algorithms, missing TLS, hardcoded keys, improper key management, cleartext storage
   - **A03 Injection** — SQLi, NoSQLi, OS command injection, LDAP injection, XSS, SSTI, XPath injection
   - **A04 Insecure Design** — Missing security requirements, business logic flaws, insecure workflows, threat modeling gaps
   - **A05 Security Misconfiguration** — Default configs, verbose errors, missing headers, unnecessary features, outdated components
   - **A06 Vulnerable Components** — Unpatched libraries, unsupported dependencies, lack of inventory, missing SBOM
   - **A07 Identification & Auth Failures** — Weak passwords, session issues, MFA gaps, credential stuffing, brute force
   - **A08 Software & Data Integrity Failures** — Insecure deserialization, unsigned updates, CI/CD attacks, dependency confusion
   - **A09 Security Logging & Monitoring Failures** — Missing audit logs, insufficient monitoring, no incident response capability
   - **A10 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)** — Unvalidated URL parameters, internal service access, cloud metadata endpoints

3. **Framework-Specific Analysis** — Apply checks for detected framework (React, Angular, Vue, Express, Django, Flask, Rails, Spring, ASP.NET, Laravel).

4. **Configuration Review** — Examine web server configs (nginx, Apache), application configs, and deployment manifests for security settings.

## Output

Application overview, risk matrix for all 10 categories with severity/status, detailed findings using `templates/finding.md`, positive controls observed, and prioritized remediation roadmap.

## OWASP References

- OWASP Top 10 for Web Applications (2021)
- OWASP ASVS v5.0 — Application Security Verification Standard
- OWASP Testing Guide (WSTG)
- OWASP Cheat Sheet Series
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