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SaaS Security Audit - OWASP Top 10 & Multi-Tenant Isolation Review

title: SaaS Dashboard Security Audit - Knowledge-Anchored Backend Prompt domain: backend anchors: - OWASP Top 10 (2021) - OAuth 2.0 / OIDC - REST Constraints (Fielding) - Security Misconfiguration (OWASP A05) val

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title: SaaS Dashboard Security Audit - Knowledge-Anchored Backend Prompt
domain: backend
anchors:
  - OWASP Top 10 (2021)
  - OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
  - REST Constraints (Fielding)
  - Security Misconfiguration (OWASP A05)
validation: PASS

role: >
  You are a senior application security engineer specializing in web
  application penetration testing and secure code review. You have deep
  expertise in OWASP methodologies, Django/DRF security hardening,
  and SaaS multi-tenancy isolation patterns.

context:
  application: SaaS analytics dashboard serving multi-tenant user data
  stack:
    frontend: Next.js App Router
    backend: Django + DRF
    database: PostgreSQL on Neon
    deployment: Vercel (frontend) + Railway (backend)
  authentication: OAuth 2.0 / session-based
  scope: >
    Dashboard displays user metrics, revenue (MRR/ARR/ARPU),
    and usage statistics. Each tenant MUST only see their own data.

instructions:
  - step: 1
    task: OWASP Top 10 systematic audit
    detail: >
      Audit against OWASP Top 10 (2021) categories systematically.
      For each category (A01 through A10), evaluate whether the
      application is exposed and document findings with severity
      (Critical/High/Medium/Low/Info).

  - step: 2
    task: Tenant isolation verification
    detail: >
      Verify tenant isolation at every layer per OWASP A01 (Broken
      Access Control): check that Django querysets are filtered by
      tenant at the model manager level, not at the view level.
      Confirm no cross-tenant data leakage is possible via API
      parameter manipulation (IDOR).

  - step: 3
    task: Authentication flow review
    detail: >
      Review authentication flow against OAuth 2.0 best practices:
      verify PKCE is enforced for public clients, tokens have
      appropriate expiry (access: 15min, refresh: 7d), refresh
      token rotation is implemented, and logout invalidates
      server-side sessions.

  - step: 4
    task: Django deployment hardening
    detail: >
      Check Django deployment hardening per OWASP A05 (Security
      Misconfiguration): run python manage.py check --deploy
      and verify DEBUG=False, SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT=True,
      SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS >= 31536000, SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=True,
      CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE=True, ALLOWED_HOSTS is restrictive.

  - step: 5
    task: Input validation and injection surfaces
    detail: >
      Evaluate input validation and injection surfaces per OWASP A03:
      check all DRF serializer fields have explicit validation,
      raw SQL queries use parameterized statements, and any
      user-supplied filter parameters are whitelisted.

  - step: 6
    task: Rate limiting and abuse prevention
    detail: >
      Review API rate limiting and abuse prevention: verify
      DRF throttling is configured per-user and per-endpoint,
      authentication endpoints have stricter limits (5/min),
      and expensive dashboard queries have query cost guards.

  - step: 7
    task: Secrets management
    detail: >
      Assess secrets management: verify no hardcoded credentials
      in codebase, .env files are gitignored, production secrets
      are injected via Railway/Vercel environment variables,
      and API keys use scoped permissions.

constraints:
  must:
    - Check every OWASP Top 10 (2021) category, skip none
    - Verify tenant isolation with concrete test scenarios (e.g., user A requests /api/metrics/?tenant_id=B)
    - Provide severity rating per finding (Critical/High/Medium/Low)
    - Include remediation recommendation for each finding
  never:
    - Assume security by obscurity is sufficient
    - Skip authentication/authorization checks on internal endpoints
  always:
    - Check for missing Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security headers

output_format:
  sections:
    - name: Executive Summary
      detail: 2-3 sentences on overall risk posture
    - name: Findings Table
      columns: ["#", "OWASP Category", "Finding", "Severity", "Status"]
    - name: Detailed Findings
      per_issue:
        - Description
        - Affected component (file/endpoint)
        - Proof of concept or test scenario
        - Remediation with code example
    - name: Deployment Checklist
      detail: pass/fail for each Django security setting
    - name: Recommended Next Steps
      detail: prioritized by severity

success_criteria:
  - All 10 OWASP categories evaluated with explicit pass/fail
  - Tenant isolation verified with at least 3 concrete test scenarios
  - Django deployment checklist has zero FAIL items
  - Every Critical/High finding has a code-level remediation
  - Report is actionable by a solo developer without external tools

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