CHAPTER 17Web Application Security Vulnerabilities

In this chapter, you will learn about the most prevalent security vulnerabilities present in web applications today. We begin with a general introduction to the top two most prevalent types of web application security vulnerabilities, and then we address each in turn by providing practical background information and hands-on practice opportunities to discover and exploit the vulnerabilities. This chapter serves as a template that you can use to explore other common web application security vulnerabilities. The topics are presented as follows:

• Overview of top web application security vulnerabilities

• SQL injection vulnerabilities

• Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Overview of Top Web ...

Get Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hackers Handbook, 3rd Edition, 3rd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.