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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

By : Juned Ahmed Ansari
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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

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By: Juned Ahmed Ansari

Overview of this book

Kali Linux 2.0 is the new generation of the industry-leading BackTrack Linux penetration testing and security auditing Linux distribution. It contains several hundred tools aimed at various information security tasks such as penetration testing, forensics, and reverse engineering. At the beginning of the book, you will be introduced to the concepts of hacking and penetration testing and will get to know about the tools used in Kali Linux 2.0 that relate to web application hacking. Then, you will gain a deep understanding of SQL and command injection flaws and ways to exploit the flaws. Moving on, you will get to know more about scripting and input validation flaws, AJAX, and the security issues related to AJAX. At the end of the book, you will use an automated technique called fuzzing to be able to identify flaws in a web application. Finally, you will understand the web application vulnerabilities and the ways in which they can be exploited using the tools in Kali Linux 2.0.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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5. Attacking the Server Using Injection-based Flaws
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7. Attacking SSL-based Websites
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Chapter 5. Attacking the Server Using Injection-based Flaws

The most common flaw in web applications is the injection flaw. Interactive web application takes input from the user, processes it, and returns the output to the client. When the application is vulnerable to an injection flaw, it accepts input from the user with improper or no validation and processes it, which results in actions that the application did not desire to perform. The malicious input tricks the application, forcing the underlying components to perform tasks that the application was not programmed for. In other words, an injection flaw allows the attacker to control components of the application.

In this chapter, we will discuss the major injection flaws and cover the following topics:

  • Command injection flaw
  • Identifying injection points
  • Tools to exploit command injection flaw
  • SQL injection flaw
  • Attack potential of the flaw
  • Different tools in Kali Linux to exploit SQLi

An injection flaw is used to gain access to the...

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