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Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook Over 80 recipes on how to identify, exploit, and test web application security with Kali Linux 2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781784392918
Length 296 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up Kali Linux FREE CHAPTER 2. Reconnaissance 3. Crawlers and Spiders 4. Finding Vulnerabilities 5. Automated Scanners 6. Exploitation – Low Hanging Fruits 7. Advanced Exploitation 8. Man in the Middle Attacks 9. Client-Side Attacks and Social Engineering 10. Mitigation of OWASP Top 10 Index

Using OWASP ZAP to scan for vulnerabilities


OWASP ZAP is a tool that we have already used in this book for various tasks, and among its many features, it includes an automated vulnerability scanner. Its use and report generation will be covered in this recipe.

Getting ready

Before we perform a successful vulnerability scan in OWASP ZAP, we need to crawl the site:

  1. Open OWASP ZAP and configure the Web browser to use it as proxy.

  2. Navigate to 192.168.56.102/peruggia/.

  3. Follow the instructions from Using ZAP's spider from Chapter 3, Crawlers and Spiders.

How to do it...

  1. Go to OWASP ZAP's Sites panel and right-click on the peruggia folder.

  2. From the menu, navigate to Attack | Active Scan.

  3. A new window will pop up. At this point, we know what technology our application and server uses; so, go to the Technology tab and check only MySQL, PostgreSQL, Linux, and Apache:

    Here we can configure our scan in terms of Scope (where to start the scan, on what context, and so on), Input Vectors (select if you want to test...

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