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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Third Edition
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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Third Edition

by Daniel W. Dieterle, Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez, Juned Ahmed Ansari
February 2018
Beginner to intermediate
426 pages
10h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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Analyzing the client-side code and storage

We have previously addressed how the increase in the client-side code can lead to potential security issues. AJAX uses XMLHttpRequest (XHR) objects to send asynchronous requests to the server. These XHR objects are implemented using client-side JavaScript code.

There are several ways to learn more about the client-side code. Viewing the source by pressing the Ctrl + U shortcut will reveal the underlying JavaScript that creates the XHR objects. If the web page and script are large, analyzing the application by viewing the source won't be helpful and/or practical.

To learn more about the actual request sent by the script, you can use a web application proxy and intercept the traffic, but the request ...

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