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Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook Identify, exploit, and prevent web application vulnerabilities with Kali Linux 2018.x

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788991513

Length 404 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Setting Up Kali Linux and the Testing Lab FREE CHAPTER

2. Reconnaissance

3. Using Proxies, Crawlers, and Spiders

4. Testing Authentication and Session Management

5. Cross-Site Scripting and Client-Side Attacks

6. Exploiting Injection Vulnerabilities

7. Exploiting Platform Vulnerabilities

8. Using Automated Scanners

9. Bypassing Basic Security Controls

10. Mitigation of OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities

11. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Exploiting an XML External Entity injection

XML is a format mainly used to describe the structure of documents or data; HTML, for example, is a use of XML.

XML entities are like data structures defined inside an XML structure, and some of them have the ability to read files from the system or even execute commands.

In this recipe, we will exploit an XML External Entity (XEE) injection vulnerability to read files from the server and remotely execute code in it.

Getting ready

We suggest that you read the Abusing file inclusions and uploads recipe before doing this.

How to do it...

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Authors (1)

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez is an experienced penetration tester currently working for one of the top security testing service providers in Australia. He obtained leading security and penetration testing certifications, namely Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), EC-Council Certified Security Administrator (ECSA), and GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN).

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