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Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook
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Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook

by Ryan Soper, Nestor Torres, Ahmed Almoailu
March 2023
Intermediate to advanced
284 pages
6h 10m
English
Packt Publishing
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5

Testing of Session Management

Welcome to Chapter 5! In this chapter, we will walk you through the recipes related to session management. The topics covered in this chapter will showcase to you how to use OWASP ZAP to capture and use session tokens that can then be used in multiple types of attacks.

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Testing for cookie attributes
  • Testing for cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
  • Testing for logout functionality
  • Testing for session hijacking

Technical requirements

For this chapter, you will need to install OWASP ZAP Proxy and OWASP Juice Shop on your machine to intercept traffic between the browser and OWASP Juice Shop. In addition, utilize your PortSwigger account for access to the PortSwigger ...

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ISBN: 9781801817332