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Identifying Server Vulnerabilities in Web Applications

This chapter covers the main vulnerabilities in web applications and the tools we can find in the python ecosystem, such as w3af as a vulnerabilities scanner in web applications, and sqlmap for detecting sql vulnerabilities. Regarding server vulnerabilities, we cover testing heartbleed and SSL vulnerabiliies in servers with openssl activated.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

Vulnerabilities in web applications with OWASP
w3af as a vulnerabilities scanner in web applications
How to discover sql vulnerabilities with python tools
Python script for testing heartbleed and SSL/TLS vulnerabilities

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