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Session Management Testing with Burp Suite

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Overview

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Vulnerabilities related to session management have a high impact since they can lead to unauthorized access to data. This course will teach you how to test session security using Burp Suite.

Identifying session vulnerabilities is one of the main objectives of a web application penetration test. Burp suite is one of the best tools on the market for testing session management. It contains several tools to handle raw requests and test session tokens. In this course, Session Management Testing with Burp Suite, you’ll learn to test session misconfigurations using Burp. First, you’ll explore how session management works. Next, you’ll discover how to exploit common session vulnerabilities, including session fixation and broken logout features. Finally, you’ll learn to execute a Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack using Burp. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Burp Suite needed to test the security of web application sessions.

Syllabus

  • Course Overview 1min
  • Session Management Vulnerabilities 18mins
  • Session Best Practices 20mins
  • Cross-site Request Forgery 12mins

Taught by

Ricardo Reimao

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