The Security Aware Programmer certification elaborates on secure development. It is designed for the application developer and focuses on the prevention of SQL Injection, Path Traversal and Cross Site Scripting.
In this challenge you have to solve all security problems in a piece of PHP code. When you click the 'SECURITY TEST' button, the system automatically checks if all problems are solved. Your mission is accomplished when there are no security issues left and the code is secure.
If you have basic knowledge of application security you should be able to complete this challenge successfully without difficulty.
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