What are the potential security risks of allowing direct access to folders in PHP?

Allowing direct access to folders in PHP can pose security risks such as exposing sensitive information, allowing unauthorized users to view or modify files, and potential injection attacks. To mitigate these risks, it is recommended to use PHP scripts to handle file operations and restrict direct access to folders. 

<?php
// Restrict direct access to folders
header("HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden");
exit;
?>

Keywords

directory traversal file inclusion remote code execution open_basedir restriction .htaccess restrictions

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