Insecure Default - mongodb connection string #222
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Hi there,
Came across this issue when I was setting this up in Azure.
If there is no MONDODB_URI environment variable then the application will default to the Atlas nodegoat database.
I am unaware of the intent, but by having this default behavior it effectively makes the OWASP nodegoat database a shared database with other unsuspecting hosts.
This is bad news owing to some of the malicious stuff that is possible on this application - of note is the XSS currently being executed by the username of userid 2 on this database. Right now it is just an alertbox of document.cookies but would not be great if someone was to put their own malicious script in its place