--- title: The Authorization Hole Nobody Noticed | daily.dev description: A production security vulnerability where a regular user could trigger admin-only refund functionality due to missing authorization middleware. The episode... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-authorization-hole-nobody-noticed-b5cjqoqsw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Authorization Hole Nobody Noticed | daily.dev og:description: A production security vulnerability where a regular user could trigger admin-only refund functionality due to missing authorization middleware. The episode... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-authorization-hole-nobody-noticed-b5cjqoqsw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/b5cJqoQSW.png og:image:alt: The Authorization Hole Nobody Noticed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Authorization Hole Nobody Noticed **[Larablog](https://daily.dev/sources/larablog)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A production security vulnerability where a regular user could trigger admin-only refund functionality due to missing authorization middleware. The episode walks through auditing routes, discovering the missing middleware protection, and fixing the authorization hole that allowed unauthorized financial transactions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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