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  • Introduction
  • Application Details
    • VM - Pre-req
    • Import Virtual Machines
    • Access Mutillidae Web Application
  • INITIAL SETUP WITH OWASP ZAP
    • OWASP ZAP
    • Setup OWASP ZAP
    • Modes
    • Automated Scan
    • Report Generation
  • Initial Setup with Burp
    • Start Burp Suite
    • Add FoxyProxy Addon
    • Add New Proxy In FoxyProxy
    • Configure Proxy Listener
    • Install Burp's CA Certificate In Firefox
    • Getting Rid of Unnecessary Browser Traffic
  • Quick Basics
    • Disable Intercept Mode in Burp
    • Enable Intercept Mode in Burp
    • Send to Repeater
    • Send to Comparer
  • Web Application Pentesting
    • A1 - Injection
      • SQL Injection with bWAPP
      • SQL Injection in DVNA
      • Command Injection in DVNA
    • A2 - Broken Authentication
      • Broken Authentication with bWAPP
    • A3 - Sensitive Data Exposure
      • Sensitive Data Exposure - DVNA
    • A4 - XML External Entities (XXE)
      • XML External Entity (XXE) Injection - Mutillidae
      • XML External Entity (XXE) Injection - DVNA
    • A5 - Broken Access Control
      • Broken Access Control - DVNA
    • A6 - Security Misconfiguration
      • Security Misconfiguration in DVNA
      • Security Misconfiguration in Mutillidae
      • Security Misconfiguration in Security Shepherd
    • A7 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
      • Reflected XSS
      • DOM XSS
      • Stored XSS - Mutillidae
      • XSS - Sending data to remote server
    • A8 - Insecure Deserialization
      • Insecure Deserialization - DVNA
    • A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
      • Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities - DVNA
    • 10 - Insufficient Logging & Monitoring
    • References
    • About Us
  • Additional Content
    • Insecure Direct Object Reference
    • Security Misconfiguration
    • Password Guessing Attack
    • User Enumeration
      • Unauthenticated User Access
      • Create a New User
      • Authenticated User Access
      • Intruder: Set Positions
      • Intruder: Define Payload
      • Intruder: Configure Grep - Extract
      • Trigger Attack & Save Results
    • Custom Iterator
    • Null Payload
    • Request in Browser: Privilege Escalation Check
  • Burp Extenders
    • Target
    • Proxy
    • Intruder
    • Repeater
    • Sequencer
    • Decoder
    • Comparer
    • Extender
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Security Misconfiguration

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Security Misconfiguration in Web Goat

Step 1 − Launch Webgoat and navigate to insecure configuration section and let us try to solve that challenge. Snapshot of the same is provided below −

Step 2 − We can try out as many options as we can think of. All we need to find the URL of config file and we know that the developers follow kind of naming convention for config files. It can be anything that is listed below.

It is usually done by BRUTE force technique. •web.config •config •appname.config •conf

Step 3 − Upon trying various options, we find that http://10.0.2.6/WebGoat/conf is successful.

The following page is displayed if the attempt is successful −