It is not supposed to know that someone else is riding the same session and entering the bank to transfer money into his account. It is impossible for general users to guess that an e-mail has a malicious link that might send a forged request to a bank site. At the same time, the unsuspecting user is authenticated by the bank site, so it is impossible for the bank site to separate a legitimate request from a forged one.
However, we need some functionality that helps us to change the state when we send an e-mail or transfer money. We remain logged in for awhile. Therefore CSRF attacks target those functionalities that cause a state change on the server. Any security testing of a web application is considered to be incomplete without checking for CSRF defenses.
Let us try a live CSRF attack. When you open this web application you will get a warning at the end of the page: Warning: This is not a real shop. This is an example PHP application, which is intentionally vulnerable to web attacks.
It is intended to help you test Acunetix. It also helps you understand how developer errors and bad configuration may let someone break into your web site. You can use it to test other tools and your manual hacking skills as well. Open your Burp Suite community edition and turn the intercept off. The only difference is, in the Burp Community edition in some cases like automated testing, the options are limited.
People often buy the professional edition. We will first write HTML code that will post on that web application from a local file. Since we are going to create a proof of concept PoC , we would click on this button. As a penetration tester or bug bounty hunter, you always have to write the PoC at the end of your findings of vulnerabilities.
Be precise in describing what you have done, what you have found, in which way the application is vulnerable, etc. This PoC will play an important role in your entire career; therefore, I encourage you to read other PoCs written by other professionals.
Instead of a button, an attacker will place some fancy or attractive link. A normal user does not know that clicking on such links or button or image might bring trouble for them. The attacker will always try to make such things look normal and authentic.
As you see in the preceding code code 3. Click it. It proves that our JavaScript attacking script has worked properly. We have successfully changed the state of the page.
It helps you a lot. I strongly recommend it. The Burp professional version allows you to generate this code automatically; but, you will never learn these languages if, from the beginning, you start depending on the tool. We can check the raw response in the Burp Suite. Or as a 0 by 0 fake image, like this: The advantage of such a 0 by 0 image is that it remains in an HTML page as an invisible ghost. However, this also can be executed automatically using a JavaScript code snippet like this: We will see the implementation of such code shortly, in the next section.
Is this application vulnerable? Posing as an attacker, you need to find out all the flaws. Can we intercept the password? Can we manually inject JavaScript code into it and change the state? Installing Juice Shop is extremely easy. Go to the setup section and you can set up your local Juice Shop using many options available.
However, I am telling you the best one. Open your VirtualBox Kali Linux and download the latest zipped application folder. Unpack the zipped content in your Download directory. Next we will open our Burp Suite. Keep intercept off. Juice Shop provides a registration facility for new users. There are many choices. I have chosen the question: what is your first company? In the next step, I am going to add the username Sanjib in the profile section. After that, I will change the password in Juice Shop.
Will Burp Suite intercept that? Let us try. I have already checked that the traffic to Juice Shop has been processed through Burp Suite. I have changed the current password [email protected] to password In Juice Shop it has successfully been changed. Watch the first section of the header part that is reflected on Burp Suite. Here the output is the clear indication of weakness. Any strong application would not have allowed capturing that data.
Using this section, we can try to manipulate any web application and test whether the current password is correct or not. Since it plays back the requests to the server, this tool is called Repeater. We can always manually modify any HTTP request and play the request back to the server to test the responses. We do this to find vulnerabilities. Just use the second mouse click on Burp Suite response; it will show many options. You can change it on the top panel of the header section in the Raw tab.
After changing the current password to a new password, when we click the Go button, it plays back the request to the server. We have manually modified the HTTP request and tried to force the server to obey our order.
It says the current password is not correct. It is quite obvious, when we logged in, that we changed the password; now we are going to change the password to pass We are going to do the same thing through the Burp Suite Repeater tool.
However, this time we will use the correct password. Now, using the Repeater feature of Burp Suite, we can also change the newly changed password. On the left panel, change the new password to pass and click the Go button above. We have successfully changed the password of the current user while the user is logged in. Once the user is logged out, we can log in with the new password. If the code changes the password, our mission will be successful.
But our journey has just begun; the form of attacks is continually changing. It takes time to get adjusted with all the challenges. In the coming chapter, we will learn about another major challenge: how to defend against Cross-site Scripting XSS. It is one of the most common attacks, and it is always featured in the top ten IT security risks.
The bigger the web application, the harder is the task to resist XSS. In a big web application, such as Google or Facebook, this task is really difficult. Hundreds and thousands of coders work together; someone might have missed stripping the tags.
An attacker always tries to find vulnerabilities, trying to search where HTML tags work. If it works, the attacker will inject malicious JavaScript code, through the input fields, into the server. There are several other techniques involved. If there are vulnerabilities, you must detect them and point out the remedy.
In this chapter, we will look into all aspects of XSS. The user clicks a link that contains malicious JavaScript code. How did the user get this link?
Once the user clicks the link, they become a victim. So it targets a particular user who has clicked the link. The malicious code is stored in a link to be clicked, rather than as part of a web site itself. Stored or persistent cross-site scripting is a little bit different. It generally takes place when user input is stored on the target server, such as in a database.
That data is in the form of malicious code that is rendered on the browser without being made safe. For example, the attacking code is stored in posts by the attacker in a forum.
As other visitors visit the forum they become the victims of XSS attack, because the code is executed every time the forum post is viewed in a browser. In the next section, we will see how we can discover any XSS attack. We can easily discover whether a web application has vulnerabilities or not.
We can also discover whether it has already been attacked by someone or not just by attacking it using Burp Suite.
We have seen and tested some of them. However, we can get all of them in one place. Although it has not been updated for a while, there is no alternative where you have many intentionally vulnerable applications under one roof. Of course, you can install each one individually and install the recent version; however, that would take time. In fact, in my opinion, that is not important. These are all playgrounds where you can examine a concept and try to understand the repercussions.
Therefore, you can install it and examine different types of security bugs. The installation part is not difficult. Next, open your VirtualBox and just install it like any Linux operating system.
Start with the basics of bug hunting and learn more about implementing an offensive approach by finding vulnerabilities in web applications.
Getting an introduction to Kali Linux, you will take a close look at the types of tools available to you and move on to set up your virtual lab. You will then discover how request forgery injection works on web pages and applications in a mission-critical setup. Moving on to the most challenging task for any web application, you will take a look at how cross-site scripting works and find out about effective ways to exploit it.
You will then learn about header injection and URL redirection along with key tips to find vulnerabilities in them. Keeping in mind how attackers can deface your website, you will work with malicious files and automate your approach to defend against these attacks.
Following this, you will get to know how unintended XML injection and command injection work to keep attackers at bay. Overall, Bug Bounty Hunting for Web Security will help you become a better penetration tester and at the same time it will teach you how to earn bounty by hunting bugs in web applications. Detailed walkthroughs of how to discover, test, and document common web application vulnerabilities. Key Features Learn how to test for common bugs Discover tools and methods for hacking ethically Practice working through pentesting engagements step-by-step Book Description Bug bounties have quickly become a critical part of the security economy.
This book shows you how technical professionals with an interest in security can begin productively--and profitably--participating in bug bounty programs. Then, you'll format all of this information within the context of a bug report that will have the greatest chance of earning you cash. With detailed walkthroughs that cover discovering, testing, and reporting vulnerabilities, this book is ideal for aspiring security professionals. You should come away from this work with the skills you need to not only find the bugs you're looking for, but also the best bug bounty programs to participate in, and how to grow your skills moving forward in freelance security research.
What you will learn Choose what bug bounty programs to engage in Understand how to minimize your legal liability and hunt for bugs ethically See how to take notes that will make compiling your submission report easier Know how to take an XSS vulnerability from discovery to verification, and report submission Automate CSRF PoC generation with Python Leverage Burp Suite for CSRF detection Use WP Scan and other tools to find vulnerabilities in WordPress, Django, and Ruby on Rails applications Write your report in a way that will earn you the maximum amount of money Who this book is for This book is written for developers, hobbyists, pentesters, and anyone with an interest and a little experience in web application security.
Burp suite is widely used for web penetration testing by many security professionals for performing different web-level security tasks. The book starts by setting up the environment to begin an application penetration test. You will be able to configure the client and apply target whitelisting. The book will explain how various features of Burp Suite can be used to detect various vulnerabilities as part of an application penetration test.
Once detection is completed and the vulnerability is confirmed, you will be able to exploit a detected vulnerability using Burp Suite. The book will also covers advanced concepts like writing extensions and macros for Burp suite. Finally, you will discover various steps that are taken to identify the target, discover weaknesses in the authentication mechanism, and finally break the authentication implementation to gain access to the administrative console of the application.
By the end of this book, you will be able to effectively perform end-to-end penetration testing with Burp Suite. What you will learn Set up Burp Suite and its configurations for an application penetration test Proxy application traffic from browsers and mobile devices to the server Discover and identify application security issues in various scenarios Exploit discovered vulnerabilities to execute commands Exploit discovered vulnerabilities to gain access to data in various datastores Write your own Burp Suite plugin and explore the Infiltrator module Write macros to automate tasks in Burp Suite Who this book is for If you are interested in learning how to test web applications and the web part of mobile applications using Burp, then this is the book for you.
It is specifically designed to meet your needs if you have basic experience in using Burp and are now aiming to become a professional Burp user. The bug bounty hunting community is full of technical resources. However, any successful hunter will tell you that succeeding in this industry takes more than technical knowledge. Without the proper mindset, the effective tactics and the key soft skills, here is the hard truth: You won't last in the bug bounty hunting game.
You might find few bugs at first, but you won't stand the lack of motivation and self-esteem when you can't find bugs for few weeks. After months, the situation may even develop to burnout.
If you understand and exploit known security vulnerabilities in CTF challenges but still struggle to find bugs in real-world targets, this book is for you. I wrote this book with a single purpose in mind: Help you understand and master essential skills to become a successful bug bounty hunter, in an entertaining way.
Equipped with a real magnifying glass, stickers, and log for recording tree finds, this book is the perfect accompaniment for any nature adventure. Uses real-world bug reports vulnerabilities in software or in this case web applications to teach programmers and InfoSec professionals how to discover and protect vulnerabilities in web applications. Real-World Bug Hunting is a field guide to finding software bugs.
Ethical hacker Peter Yaworski breaks down common types of bugs, then contextualizes them with real bug bounty reports released by hackers on companies like Twitter, Facebook, Google, Uber, and Starbucks. As you read each report, you'll gain deeper insight into how the vulnerabilities work and how you might find similar ones. Each chapter begins with an explanation of a vulnerability type, then moves into a series of real bug bounty reports that show how the bugs were found.
You'll learn things like how Cross-Site Request Forgery tricks users into unknowingly submitting information to websites they are logged into; how to pass along unsafe JavaScript to execute Cross-Site Scripting; how to access another user's data via Insecure Direct Object References; how to trick websites into disclosing information with Server Side Request Forgeries; and how bugs in application logic can lead to pretty serious vulnerabilities. Yaworski also shares advice on how to write effective vulnerability reports and develop relationships with bug bounty programs, as well as recommends hacking tools that can make the job a little easier.
Starting an interstellar security consulting company was supposed to be easy. Rade got his ex-military teammates together and they pooled their savings to buy a ship and six mechs. The Argonauts were born. But it wasn't easy. Ruthless bankers breathing down their necks, vengeful warlords promising to pursue them across the galaxy, and now a mysterious new client who wants Rade and his Argonauts to escort her to a frontier planet.
Problem is, the new client won't reveal her cargo. It's probably something illegal. Well, Rade needs the money, so a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. They arrive to find the frontier colony strangely deserted. Bug bounty programs are company-sponsored programs that invite researchers to search for vulnerabilities on their applications and reward them for their findings. This book is designed. Detailed walkthroughs of how to discover, test, and document common web application vulnerabilities.
Key Features Learn how to test for common bugs Discover tools and methods for hacking ethically Practice working through pentesting engagements step-by-step Book Description Bug bounties have quickly become a critical part of the security economy. This book shows you how technical professionals with an interest in security can begin productively—and profitably—participating in bug bounty programs. Learn how people break websites and how you can, too.
Real-World Bug Hunting is the premier field guide to finding software bugs. Whether you're a cyber-security beginner who wants to make the internet safer or a seasoned developer who wants to write secure code, ethical hacker Peter Yaworski will show you how it's done. Bug bounty programs are the deals offered by prominent companies where-in any white-hat hacker can find bugs in the applications and they will have a recognition for the same.
The number of prominent organizations having this program has increased gradually leading to a lot of opportunity for Ethical Hackers.
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