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Penetration Testing: Advanced Web Testing

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Take your pen testing skills to the next level. Learn how to locate and exploit website vulnerabilities with Burp Suite, sqlmap, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction

Protecting your websites
What you should know before watching this course
Disclaimer

1. Setting Up

Preparing the test environment
Setting up WordPress
Setting up Joomla
Online testing sites

2. Refresher

A refresher on web technology
Refreshing your basic web testing skills
A refresher on website shell implants

3. Advanced Website Enumeration

Busting open a website
Identifying virtual websites
More ways to find web pages

4. Finding Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability scanning with Burp Suite
Using sqlmap to validate SQL injections

5. Attacking the Website

Exploiting your way into the gym
Exploiting through an ASPX shell with Cadaver
Checking web page source
Injecting HTML into a web page
Exploiting tools left on websites
Injecting SQL using Burp Suite
Exploiting Node.js
Injecting XML into a web page
File access through a web application URL

6. Content Management

Understanding CMS targets
Getting into WordPress
Shelling through WordPress
Exploiting Joomla via SQL

Conclusion

What's next

Taught by

Malcolm Shore

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