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Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook

You're reading from   Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook Hacking tactics, techniques, and procedures for testing web applications and APIs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801817332
Length 284 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Nestor Torres Nestor Torres
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Ahmed Almoailu Ahmed Almoailu
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Ryan Soper Ryan Soper
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with OWASP Zed Attack Proxy 2. Chapter 2: Navigating the UI FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Configuring, Crawling, Scanning, and Reporting 4. Chapter 4: Authentication and Authorization Testing 5. Chapter 5: Testing of Session Management 6. Chapter 6: Validating (Data) Inputs – Part 1 7. Chapter 7: Validating (Data) Inputs – Part 2 8. Chapter 8: Business Logic Testing 9. Chapter 9: Client-Side Testing 10. Chapter 10: Advanced Attack Techniques 11. Chapter 11: Advanced Adventures with ZAP 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Testing for server-side template injection

In this recipe, you will learn how to conduct a basic SSTI attack using a lab from PortSwigger Academy. Because of the insecure construction of an ERB template, the application in this lab is vulnerable to SSTI. You will learn what SSTI is by completing the lab. First, read the ERB documentation to learn how to run arbitrary code, then delete the morale.txt file from Carlos’s home directory.

Furthermore, you will learn how server-side templates work and how this leads to attackers exploiting vulnerabilities to gain control over the server.

Getting ready

Start up your local ZAP tool and log in to your PortSwigger Academy account, then go to the Basic server-side template injection lab at https://portswigger.net/web-security/server-side-template-injection/exploiting/lab-server-side-template-injection-basic.

How to do it...

A good first step toward exploitation is to fuzz the template by injecting a sequence of special characters...

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