Browse every cataloged workflow for web application security, with source context, tags, and security framework mappings intact.
42 skills
Discovering and accessing unprotected pages, APIs, and administrative interfaces by enumerating URLs and bypassing authentication controls during authorized security assessments.
Discover and exploit broken link hijacking vulnerabilities by identifying references to expired domains, decommissioned cloud resources, and dead external services that can be claimed by an attacker.
Detecting and exploiting HTTP request smuggling vulnerabilities caused by Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding parsing discrepancies between front-end and back-end servers.
Identifying and exploiting Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerabilities to access unauthorized resources by manipulating object identifiers in API requests and URLs.
Identifying and exploiting insecure deserialization vulnerabilities in Java, PHP, Python, and .NET applications to achieve remote code execution during authorized penetration tests.
Discover and exploit mass assignment vulnerabilities in REST APIs to escalate privileges, modify restricted fields, and bypass authorization controls by injecting unexpected parameters in API requests.
Detect and exploit NoSQL injection vulnerabilities in MongoDB, CouchDB, and other NoSQL databases to demonstrate authentication bypass, data extraction, and unauthorized access risks.
Identifying and exploiting OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect misconfigurations including redirect URI manipulation, token leakage, and authorization code theft during security assessments.
Detect and exploit JavaScript prototype pollution vulnerabilities on both client-side and server-side applications to achieve XSS, RCE, and authentication bypass through property injection.
Detect and exploit race condition vulnerabilities in web applications using Turbo Intruder's single-packet attack technique to bypass rate limits, duplicate transactions, and exploit time-of-check-to-time-of-use flaws.
Identifying and exploiting SSRF vulnerabilities to access internal services, cloud metadata, and restricted network resources during authorized penetration tests.
Detecting and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities using sqlmap to extract database contents during authorized penetration tests.
Detecting and exploiting Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerabilities across Jinja2, Twig, Freemarker, and other template engines to achieve remote code execution.
Exploit PHP type juggling vulnerabilities caused by loose comparison operators to bypass authentication, circumvent hash verification, and manipulate application logic through type coercion attacks.
Testing WebSocket implementations for authentication bypass, cross-site hijacking, injection attacks, and insecure message handling during authorized security assessments.
Configure ModSecurity WAF with OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS) for web application logging, tune rules to reduce false positives, analyze audit logs for attack detection, and implement custom SecRules for application-specific threats. The analyst configures SecRuleEngine, SecAuditEngine, and CRS paranoia levels to balance security coverage with operational stability. Activates for requests involving WAF configuration, ModSecurity rule tuning, web application audit logging, or CRS deployment.
Detect and exploit blind Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerabilities using out-of-band techniques, DNS interactions, and timing analysis to access internal services and cloud metadata endpoints.
Testing web applications for clickjacking vulnerabilities by assessing frame embedding controls and crafting proof-of-concept overlay attacks during authorized security assessments.
Analyze and bypass Content Security Policy implementations to achieve cross-site scripting by exploiting misconfigurations, JSONP endpoints, unsafe directives, and policy injection techniques.
Testing web applications for Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerabilities by crafting forged requests that exploit authenticated user sessions during authorized security assessments.
Testing web applications for path traversal vulnerabilities that allow reading or writing arbitrary files on the server by manipulating file path parameters.
Assessing GraphQL API endpoints for introspection leaks, injection attacks, authorization flaws, and denial-of-service vulnerabilities during authorized security tests.
Execute HTTP Parameter Pollution attacks to bypass input validation, WAF rules, and security controls by injecting duplicate parameters that are processed differently by front-end and back-end systems.
Detect and exploit second-order SQL injection vulnerabilities where malicious input is stored in a database and later executed in an unsafe SQL query during a different application operation.
Auditing HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and cookie attributes to identify missing or misconfigured browser-level protections.
Enumerate subdomains of target domains using ProjectDiscovery's Subfinder passive reconnaissance tool to map the attack surface during security assessments.
Bypass Web Application Firewall protections using encoding techniques, HTTP method manipulation, parameter pollution, and payload obfuscation to deliver SQL injection, XSS, and other attack payloads past WAF detection rules.
Execute web cache deception attacks by exploiting path normalization discrepancies between CDN caching layers and origin servers to cache and retrieve sensitive authenticated content.
Exploiting web cache mechanisms to serve malicious content to other users by poisoning cached responses through unkeyed headers and parameters during authorized security tests.
Systematically assessing REST and GraphQL API endpoints against the OWASP API Security Top 10 risks using automated and manual testing techniques.
Identifying and exploiting Cross-Origin Resource Sharing misconfigurations that allow unauthorized cross-domain data access and credential theft during security assessments.
Systematically testing web applications for broken access control vulnerabilities including privilege escalation, missing function-level checks, and insecure direct object references.
Identifying flaws in application business logic that allow price manipulation, workflow bypass, and privilege escalation beyond what technical vulnerability scanners can detect.
Test web application email functionality for SMTP header injection vulnerabilities that allow attackers to inject additional email headers, modify recipients, and abuse contact forms for spam relay.
Test web applications for HTTP Host header injection vulnerabilities to identify password reset poisoning, web cache poisoning, SSRF, and virtual host routing manipulation risks.
Test JWT implementations for critical vulnerabilities including algorithm confusion, none algorithm bypass, kid parameter injection, and weak secret exploitation to achieve authentication bypass and privilege escalation.
Identify and test open redirect vulnerabilities in web applications by analyzing URL redirection parameters, bypass techniques, and exploitation chains for phishing and token theft.
Identifying sensitive data exposure vulnerabilities including API key leakage, PII in responses, insecure storage, and unprotected data transmission during security assessments.
Test web applications for XML injection vulnerabilities including XXE, XPath injection, and XML entity attacks to identify data exposure and server-side request forgery risks.
Identifying and validating cross-site scripting vulnerabilities using Burp Suite's scanner, intruder, and repeater tools during authorized security assessments.
Discovering and exploiting XML External Entity injection vulnerabilities to read server files, perform SSRF, and exfiltrate data during authorized penetration tests.
Assessing JSON Web Token implementations for cryptographic weaknesses, algorithm confusion attacks, and authorization bypass vulnerabilities during security engagements.