Chapter 6

Exploiting Application-Based Vulnerabilities

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 3.3 (Given a scenario, research attack vectors and perform application-based attacks.) of the CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-002 certification exam:

  • Overview of web application-based attacks for security professionals and the OWASP Top 10

  • How to build your own web application lab

  • Understanding business logic flaws

  • Understanding injection-based vulnerabilities

  • Exploiting authentication-based vulnerabilities

  • Exploiting authorization-based vulnerabilities

  • Understanding cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

  • Understanding cross-site request forgery and server-side request forgery attacks

  • Understanding clickjacking

  • Exploiting security misconfiguration ...

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