[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":323},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-blueprints/cursor-mongodb-railway":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":302,"date":303,"dateModified":304,"description":305,"draft":306,"extension":307,"faq":308,"featured":306,"headerVariant":309,"image":308,"keywords":308,"meta":310,"navigation":311,"ogDescription":312,"ogTitle":308,"path":313,"readTime":314,"schemaOrg":315,"schemaType":316,"seo":317,"sitemap":318,"stem":319,"tags":320,"twitterCard":321,"__hash__":322},"blog/blog/blueprints/cursor-mongodb-railway.md","Cursor + MongoDB + Railway Security Blueprint",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":286},"minimark",[9,20,24,30,35,46,51,54,110,114,117,127,136,140,144,147,156,160,169,173,176,185,189,194,197,200,203,206,209,212,215,218,221,239,255,274],[10,11,12],"blueprint-summary",{},[13,14,15,19],"p",{},[16,17,18],"strong",{},"To secure a Cursor + MongoDB + Railway stack,"," you need to: (1) store your MongoDB connection string in Railway environment variables (never in code), (2) validate all user input using libraries like Zod to prevent NoSQL injection, (3) implement application-level authorization checks on all protected routes since MongoDB lacks built-in RLS, (4) create a .cursorignore file to prevent AI from accessing your .env files, and (5) use an application-specific MongoDB user instead of admin credentials. 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