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performing-account-takeover-attacks
Systematically testing authentication, recovery, and identity flows for account takeover (ATO) — including Unicode/normalization email collisions, reusable reset/magic links, pre-account-takeover, response manipulation, email-verification bypass, session/cookie reuse, and QR/device-code login abuse. Activates when assessing login, signup, password reset, email change, SSO/OAuth, or cross-device login flows.
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# Performing Account Takeover Attacks
## When to Use
- During authorized assessments of any authentication, registration, or account-recovery flow
- When testing password reset, email change, magic-link, or invite flows for token reuse and host-header poisoning
- When the app supports third-party SSO/OAuth/OIDC and may normalize emails differently than the IdP
- When testing cross-device login surfaces (desktop QR login, TV/device-code, "approve on your phone")
- When you have a limited XSS, CORS misconfig, CSRF, or subdomain takeover that could pivot into ATO
## Prerequisites
- **Authorization**: Engagement scope covering authentication and at least two test accounts (attacker + victim) you own
- **Burp Suite**: For intercepting and replaying reset/verification requests and manipulating headers/responses