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Burp Suite Cookbook

Burp Suite Cookbook

By : Dr. Sunny Wear
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Burp Suite Cookbook

Burp Suite Cookbook

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By: Dr. Sunny Wear

Overview of this book

With its many features, easy-to-use interface, and flexibility, Burp Suite is the top choice for professionals looking to strengthen web application and API security. This book offers solutions to challenges related to identifying, testing, and exploiting vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs. It provides guidance on identifying security weaknesses in diverse environments by using different test cases. Once you’ve learned how to configure Burp Suite, the book will demonstrate the effective utilization of its tools, such as Live tasks, Scanner, Intruder, Repeater, and Decoder, enabling you to evaluate the security vulnerability of target applications. Additionally, you’ll explore various Burp extensions and the latest features of Burp Suite, including DOM Invader. By the end of this book, you’ll have acquired the skills needed to confidently use Burp Suite to conduct comprehensive security assessments of web applications and APIs.
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Crawling target sites

Crawling is a type of scan that’s used to map out a web application. This mapping exercise is necessary to uncover links, folders, and files present within the target application. While running, Burp Suite will add found assets to Target | Site map.

Crawling should occur before scanning since testers wish to identify all possible paths and functionality before looking for vulnerabilities. There are built-in Burp Suite scripts specific to crawling available in Configuration library, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.114 – Crawling scripts available in Configuration library

Figure 3.114 – Crawling scripts available in Configuration library

Getting ready

Using the OWASP Mutillidae II application found within the OWASP BWA VM, we will configure and use one of the built-in scripts to crawl through the application.

How to do it...

  1. Ensure Burp Suite and the OWASP BWA VM are running and that you are either using Burp’s browser or have FoxyProxy turned on...

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