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Burp Suite Cookbook - Second Edition

You're reading from  Burp Suite Cookbook - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835081075
Pages 450 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Dr. Sunny Wear Dr. Sunny Wear
Profile icon Dr. Sunny Wear

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Burp Suite 2. Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Burp Suite of Tools 3. Chapter 3: Configuring, Crawling, Auditing, and Reporting with Burp 4. Chapter 4: Assessing Authentication Schemes 5. Chapter 5: Assessing Authorization Checks 6. Chapter 6: Assessing Session Management Mechanisms 7. Chapter 7: Assessing Business Logic 8. Chapter 8: Evaluating Input Validation Checks 9. Chapter 9: Attacking the Client 10. Chapter 10: Working with Burp Suite Macros and Extensions 11. Chapter 11: Implementing Advanced Topic Attacks 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Testing for cookie attributes

Important user-specific information, such as session tokens, is often stored in cookies within the client browser. Due to their importance, cookies need to be protected from malicious attacks. This protection usually comes in the form of two flags—secure and HttpOnly.

The secure flag informs the browser to only send the cookie to the web server if the protocol is encrypted (for example, HTTPS or TLS). This flag protects the cookie from eavesdropping over unencrypted channels.

The HttpOnly flag instructs the browser to not allow access or manipulation of the cookie via JavaScript. This flag protects the cookie from cross-site scripting attacks.

Getting ready

Check the cookies used in the OWASP Mutillidae II application, to ensure the presence of protective flags. Since the Mutillidae application runs over an unencrypted channel (for example, HTTP), we can only check for the presence of the HttpOnly flag. Therefore, the secure flag is...

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