I’m Lovin’ It: Exploiting McDonald’s APIs to hijack deliveries and order food for a penny
Eaton
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Dec 19, 2024
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Key Points / Summary
API flaws in the McDonald’s McDelivery system in India, one of the world’s most popular food delivery apps, enabled a variety of fun exploits:
The ability to order any number of menu items for ₹1 ($0.01 USD).
The ability to steal/hijack/redirect other people’s delivery orders through a specific sequence of carefully timed API calls.
The ability to retrieve the details of any order.
The ability to track any order in the “On the w...
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