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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

You're reading from   Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux Explore the methods and tools of ethical hacking with Kali Linux

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788623377
Length 426 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Juned Ahmed Ansari Juned Ahmed Ansari
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Daniel W. Dieterle Daniel W. Dieterle
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Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez
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Preface 1. Introduction to Penetration Testing and Web Applications FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Your Lab with Kali Linux 3. Reconnaissance and Profiling the Web Server 4. Authentication and Session Management Flaws 5. Detecting and Exploiting Injection-Based Flaws 6. Finding and Exploiting Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities 7. Cross-Site Request Forgery, Identification, and Exploitation 8. Attacking Flaws in Cryptographic Implementations 9. AJAX, HTML5, and Client-Side Attacks 10. Other Common Security Flaws in Web Applications 11. Using Automated Scanners on Web Applications 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Detecting and exploiting improper session management

As stated previously, session management allows the application to track user activity and validate authorization conditions without requiring the user to submit their credentials every time a request is made. This means that if session management is not properly done, a user may be able to access other users' information or execute actions beyond their privilege level, or an external attacker may gain access to a users' information and functionality.

Using Burp Sequencer to evaluate the quality of session IDs

Burp Sequencer is a statistical analysis tool that lets you collect a large amount of values, such as session IDs, and perform calculations on them to evaluate...

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