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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
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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 reflected cross-site scripting

Reflected cross-site scripting occurs when malicious JavaScript is injected into an input field, parameter, or header and, after returning from the web server, is executed within the browser. Reflected XSS occurs when the execution of JavaScript reflects in the browser only and is not a permanent part of the web page. Penetration testers need to test all client values sent to the web server to determine whether XSS is possible.

Getting ready

Using OWASP Mutillidae II, let’s determine whether the application protects against reflected XSS.

How to do it...

  1. From the OWASP Mutillidae II menu, select Login by navigating to OWASP 2013 | A3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) | Reflected (First Order) | Pen Test Tool Lookup:
Figure 8.1 – Multillidae landing page

Figure 8.1 – Multillidae landing page

  1. Select a tool from the drop-down listing and click the Lookup Tool button. Any value from the drop-down list will work for this...
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