Tag: Web App Pentesting
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Bypass WAF: Burp Plugin to Bypass Some WAF Devices
I wrote a blog post on the technique used by this plugin here a while back. Many WAF devices can be tricked into believing a request is from itself, and therefore trusted, if specific headers are present. The basics of the bypass approach can be found in an HP blog post here. I have been…
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SQLiPy: A SQLMap Plugin for Burp
I perform quite a few web app assessments throughout the year. Two of the primary tools in my handbag for a web app assessment are Burp Suite Pro and SQLMap. Burp Suite is a great general purpose web app assessment tool, but if you perform web app assessments you probably already know because you are…
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Web Services Penetration Testing with soapUI, Burp, and Macros
I test web services fairly infrequently in proportion to “standard” web applications or network penetration tests. I guess organizations are still trying to get their hands around general web application security or are oblivious to the risk of attacks at the web services layer, unaware of the high potential for remote code execution among other…
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Automate WAF Bypass with Burp
I read an article from a Fortify security researcher earlier this week that provided a very simple and effective way to bypass some Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). The article can be found here. After reading, I updated my Burp configuration to automatically take advantage of this flaw in design and thought I would share the…