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Practical Web Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Practical Web Penetration Testing Secure web applications using Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788624039
Length 294 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gus Khawaja Gus Khawaja
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Preface 1. Building a Vulnerable Web Application Lab 2. Kali Linux Installation FREE CHAPTER 3. Delving Deep into the Usage of Kali Linux 4. All About Using Burp Suite 5. Understanding Web Application Vulnerabilities 6. Application Security Pre-Engagement 7. Application Threat Modeling 8. Source Code Review 9. Network Penetration Testing 10. Web Intrusion Tests 11. Pentest Automation Using Python 12. Nmap Cheat Sheet 13. Metasploit Cheat Sheet 14. Netcat Cheat Sheet 15. Networking Reference Section 16. Python Quick Reference 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Practical example

Our practical example is based on the Company Name XYZ Inc. The marketing team in XYZ wants to add a blog page to attract more clients and they want to call the project xBlog. You attended a few kick-off meetings and now, finally, they have sent you the architecture document, and inside it, you have the following diagram:

According to this diagram, the clients (customers) will be able to access the blog from anywhere and they can add comments (the authentication process for customers is out of scope because clients will be authenticated through the main page of the company's website). On the other hand, the employees of XYZ can add a blog or approve a client comment through the WordPress CMS. Simple, right? Your job as an application security expert is to submit an ATM document to the project team before going to the architecture review board; let&apos...

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