Web Application Penetration Testing Methodology (10%)

• Accurately assess a web application based on methodological, industry-standard best practices.
• Identify and prioritize testing objectives based on business impact and risk assessment.

Web Application Reconnaissance (15%)

• Perform a comprehensive passive and active reconnaissance on designated target web applications by utilizing tools and techniques such as WHOIS lookups, DNS enumeration, and network scanning.
• Extract information about a target organization’s domains, subdomains, and IP addresses.
• Utilize fuzzing techniques to discover input validation vulnerabilities in web applications.
• Utilize Git-specific tools to automate the discovery of secrets and vulnerabilities in code.

Authentication Attacks (15%)

• Test various authentication methods (e.g., Basic, Digest, OAuth) by executing practical attacks such as credential stuffing and brute force.
• Identify common vulnerabilities in SSO implementations and their potential impacts.
• Identify and exploit Session Management vulnerabilities (e.g., session fixation and hijacking).
• Identify and exploit weaknesses in OAuth and OpenID Connect protocols.

Injection Vulnerabilities (15%)

• Identify and exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications, including error-based, blind, and time-based techniques.
• Utilize SQLMap and other tools to automate SQL injection attacks and demonstrate effective exploitation.
• Identify and exploit NoSQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications, demonstrating hands-on skills in manipulating data in NoSQL databases.
• Extract sensitive data from compromised databases using advanced querying techniques.

API Penetration Testing (25%)

• Conduct hands-on penetration tests on API endpoints to identify and exploit vulnerabilities effectively.
• Utilize automation tools for API vulnerability testing and demonstrate efficiency in identifying vulnerabilities.
• Analyze API endpoints for potential parameter manipulation vulnerabilities and demonstrate exploitation techniques.
• Conduct tests to identify vulnerabilities related to rate limiting, such as denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and resource exhaustion.
• Demonstrate the ability to bypass or manipulate rate limiting mechanisms in a controlled testing environment.

Server-Side Attacks (10%)

• Identify and exploit SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) attacks against server-side services.
• Perform deserialization attacks to manipulate server-side objects, leading to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation.
• Perform LDAP injection attacks against web application directories to bypass authentication or extract sensitive information.

Filter Evasion & WAF Bypass (10%)

• Analyze and test WAF rules to identify weak configurations, demonstrating practical bypass techniques.
• Perform hands-on WAF evasion techniques, such as encoding, obfuscation, and payload fragmentation, to bypass filtering mechanisms.
• Bypass input validation mechanisms through obfuscation, payload encoding, and altering content types, focusing on SSRF and XXE exploitation.