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Burp Suite Cookbook

You're reading from   Burp Suite Cookbook Practical recipes to help you master web penetration testing with Burp Suite

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789531732
Length 358 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dr. Sunny Wear Dr. Sunny Wear
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Burp Suite FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting to Know the Burp Suite of Tools 3. Configuring, Spidering, Scanning, and Reporting with Burp 4. Assessing Authentication Schemes 5. Assessing Authorization Checks 6. Assessing Session Management Mechanisms 7. Assessing Business Logic 8. Evaluating Input Validation Checks 9. Attacking the Client 10. Working with Burp Macros and Extensions 11. Implementing Advanced Topic Attacks 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Performing XXE attacks

XXE is a vulnerability that targets applications parsing XML. Attackers can manipulate the XML input with arbitrary commands and send those commands as external entity references within the XML structure. The XML is then executed by a weakly-configured parser, giving the attacker the requested resource.

Getting ready

Using the OWASP Mutillidae II XML validator page, determine whether the application is susceptible to XXE attacks.

How to do it...

  1. Navigate to the XML External Entity Injection page, that is, through Others | XML External Entity Injection...
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