It might sound trivial, but on many systems it can lead to serious privilege escalation and expose huge vulnerabilities further up in the chain. Check out the c

It might sound trivial, but on many systems it can lead to serious privilege escalation and expose huge vulnerabilities further up in the chain. Check out the case study below for an example in real world. http://mobile.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Hackers-Hit-Apacheorg-Compromise-Passwords-896918/ http://mobile.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Hackers-Hit-Apacheorg-C... Also, if you want to learn more about avoiding these issues, OWASP is one of the best sources out there. https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page