A regular user triggers an admin-only refund and money disappears. We'll audit routes, discover missing middleware, and...

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A production security vulnerability where a regular user could trigger admin-only refund functionality due to missing authorization middleware. The episode walks through auditing routes, discovering the missing middleware protection, and fixing the authorization hole that allowed unauthorized financial transactions.

The Authorization Hole Nobody Noticed