Manuals / Security Testing Basics / Ch 3

A · Common flawsIntermediate35 min read

3. Injection & XSS awareness

Security Testing Basics · 20 pages source format

Know enough XSS/SQLi patterns to recognize them and hand off safely.

What you'll learn

  • Reflected vs stored XSS
  • Input sinks
  • Safe proof-of-concept

Harmless probe

Use a benign marker string. If it renders raw, escalate. Don’t spray real exploits.

Do this now

Test one form field with a safe marker; note encoding.

Clear?

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