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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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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 cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

In this recipe, we will cover how to perform CSRF, where we will be able to post a comment as a different user. The application needs to be secure as a CSRF vulnerability allows the attacker to take advantage and get users to change sensitive information without them knowing.

Getting ready

To prepare for this recipe, please start ZAP and Mutillidae II. Make sure that ZAP intercepts traffic from the Mutillidae II application. You will also need a testing account in Mutillidae II to post the message.

How to do it...

  1. The first step is to log in to Mutillidae II with the account you created and navigate to the blog, and while the proxy is enabled, submit a blog post in the application Using the drop-down, go to OWASP 2013, then to A8 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF), and then to Add to your Blog. With the proxy enabled, submit a blog post in the application:
Figure 5.11 – The Mutillidae Add Blog page

Figure 5.11 – The Mutillidae...

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