Web Applications Penetration Testing refers to carrying unauthorized access of a website or the website details.
Objective

- Parameter tampering
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Scenario
Web applications are popular due to the ubiquity of web browsers, and the convenience of using a web browser as a client. The ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers is a key reason for their popularity, as is the inherent support for cross-platform compatibility. Common web applications include webmail, online retail sales, online auctions, wikis and many other functions.
Web hacking refers to exploitation of applications via HTTP which can be done by manipulating the application via its graphical web interface, tampering the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) or tampering HTTP elements not contained in the URI. Methods that can be used to hack web applications are SQL Injection attacks, Cross Site Scripting (XSS), Cross Site Request Forgeries (CSRF), Insecure Communications, etc.
As an expert Penetration Tester and Security Administrator, you need to test web applications for cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, cookie hijacking, command injection attacks, and secure web applications from such attacks.
Web Application Penetration Testing
The Security Analyst Exercises / Web Application Penetration Testing contains the following Exercises:
- Hacking Web Applications
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Lab exercises are included for:
- TCPIP Packet Analysis
- Information Gathering
- Vulnerability Analysis
- External Penetration Testing
- Internal Network Penetration Testing
- Firewall Penetration Testing
- IDS Penetration Testing
- Password Cracking Penetration Testing
- Social Engineering Penetration Testing
- Web Application Penetration Testing
- SQL Penetration Testing